PUT YOUR PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION AFTER YOUR NAME
Your ETF membership grade and Professional Status are achievements you've worked hard to earn. Using post-nominals after your name is a simple way to showcase your professional standing, demonstrate your commitment to excellence, and help others recognise your expertise.
Whether you're updating your LinkedIn profile, email signature, CV or professional biography, your post-nominals provide visible recognition of your membership and professional achievements.
When using both a membership grade and Professional Status, your membership grade should come first. For example:
Alex Morgan METF QTLS
Which letters can I use?
Recognition |
Post-nominal |
| Member of the Education Training Foundation | METF |
| Fellow of the Education Training Foundation | FETF |
| Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills Status | QTLS |
| Advanced Teacher Status | ATS |
Associate membership does not carry a post-nominal under the new structure. Associates can describe their ETF membership in professional profiles and share their membership credential.
Only use post-nominals you are currently entitled to hold.
How to put them together
If you hold both an ETF membership grade and a Professional Status, use your membership grade first, followed by your Profesional Status.
Current recognition held |
Example |
| Member | Alex Morgan METF |
| Member with QTLS | Alex Morgan METF QTLS |
| Fellow with QTLS | Alex Morgan FETF QTLS |
| Fellow with ATS | Alex Morgan FETF ATS |
| Fellow with QTLS and ATS | Alex Morgan FETF ATS QTLS |
Where should I use them?
Add it to LinkedIn
Add your permitted letters to your LinkedIn or orther professional profile name. Example:
Alex Morgan METF QTLS
Link to the relevant credential in your profile so others can understand and verify the recognition.
Email signature
Add it to your email signature
Example:
Alex Morgan FETF ATS
Programme Leader
[View my ETF credential]
CV or portfolio
Add it to your CV or portfolio
Use the letters after your name and explain the recognition in the body of your CV or biography. Example:
Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS)
Education Training Foundation
[Verify current status]
Active membership is essential
Active ETF membership is required to maintain certain forms of recognition.
- QTLS is only valid while you hold active ETF membership. If your membership lapses, you are no longer entitled to use QTLS as a current professional designation.
- ATS also required active ETF membership to remain current and continue using the ATS post-nominal.
- METF and FETF can only be used while you hold the corresponding membership grade.
If you're unsure about your current eligibility, check your MyETF account before using post-nominals publicly.
Moving from SET membership letters
Members can now use METF and Fellows can use FETF to demonstrate their current ETF membership grade.
These new post-nominals replace MSET and FSET, reflecting ETF's new membership structure. Associate membership will no longer use ASET under the new structure.
QTLS and ATS remain unchanged.
If you're eligible, we encourage you to start using your new post-nominals in your professional profiles, email signature, CV and other professional materials.