Thank you for the detailed response PsyGuy, honestly it’s hugely appreciated.

Definitely I intend to get enough courses in other Humanities in order to present myself as a Humanities teacher, rather than an RE one. I fully intend to leave RE behind, following what you said and just spin it that I happened to do ITT in RE while presenting myself as a Humanities teacher. Hopefully the PGDE in Secondary Education that I’ll be getting, rather than a PGCE in RE for instance, will help this effort a bit.

Regarding my plan for getting other Humanities courses, I’ve pushed hard with Teach First and will push hard with my placement school to get me other Humanities courses while I train. I’m expecting to be placed in a fairly rough school in the UK, which hopefully will get me a better chance of teaching other Humanities.

Honestly, I doubt I’ll make too much of an attempt to go for RE positions either as it seems those options are very limited in number and as you said, I could be stuck waiting for them for years.

Regarding hardship regions, I’ve been told the Middle East is generally seen as a hardship region, is this true? I would prefer to go there if possible, as I would be more comfortable there and have family and friends in different countries but I understand I need to be open to all options.

It’s interesting that you said if I was put into History or English my situation would more or less be the same. My biggest worry is that I will not be able to get my foot in the door with international teaching and essentially be stuck teaching RE in the UK without the hope of breaking into international teaching due to my initial training.

Thanks again for your help, I’m trying to make the correct decision because it seems the wrong one in this matter can really mess me up.

Thank you both for your responses, how dodgy/weak would be expected? The sort of places that can't hire anyone else? How long would probably be expected to work there before being able to move to better schools?

Does not having "Religious Education" actually written on my qualification matter either? I thought it would be easier to present myself as a Humanities teacher due to this little thing, provided I can get sufficient Humanities courses from teaching in the UK.

Hello, I am in the UK, training as an Religious Education teacher with the teacher training program called Teach First. I would have preferred English or History, but with the way the program works, I was allocated RE instead.

I have been told that it is still possible to go abroad if I trained in RE, provided I get some experience teaching other subjects, such as History, Geography or other Humanities. I know there are little to no RE jobs abroad, so I would be trying to get jobs in other Humanities subjects.

Would some experience teaching other Humanities subjects be enough for a potential hire at schools? I recognise it may be difficult, but is it difficult yet possible, or so difficult to be unreasonable? Just wondering what this forum thinks.

If this is relevant, I also have a BA in Political Science/Islamic Studies and an MA in Political Science (with a Middle Eastern focus) and I can speak Arabic and English. My qualification will be a PGDE in Secondary Education, not specific to RE.

Any help is greatly appreciated!