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PGDE (Primary)

University of the West of Scotland

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University of the West of Scotland

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  • Qualification

    PGDE - Professional Graduate Diploma in Education

  • Location

    Ayr Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    01-SEP-25

  • Duration

    9 months

Course summary

This programme provides the formal teaching qualification for provisional registration with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) – giving you the skills, knowledge, and experience to build a career as a primary school teacher.

You will cover a wide range of subjects that feature in the primary school curriculum including English/Literacy, Health and Wellbeing and Mathematics/Numeracy.

The programme enables you to develop core skills in planning, teaching, assessment and evaluation strategies, classroom and behaviour management and contemporary issues in Scottish education.

Course Highlights

You will get practical experience through 18 weeks of school experience placements that occur in at least two primary schools or education and childcare settings within local authorities in Scotland.

Our undergraduate initial teacher education course was ranked number one in the UK in the Times Good University 51ÊÓƵ 2020 and the Guardian University 51ÊÓƵ 2020, and you will be taught by many of the academics who teach on that programme.

Upon graduating you will receive the formal teaching qualification necessary for provisional registration with the General Teaching Council for Scotland – a requirement for entry into the guaranteed one-year Teacher Induction Scheme.

Career Prospects

You receive the formal teaching qualification necessary for provisional registration with the GTCS, a requirement for entry into the guaranteed one-year Teacher Induction Scheme.

Most UWS graduates remain in mainstream teaching in the UK or abroad. Others work in specialist educational areas including working with children with additional learning support needs, adult training, museums, writing and publishing, health education, curriculum development, and social services.

Tuition fees

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£ 15,500per year

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University information

University of the West of Scotland

University of the West of Scotland

  • University League Table

    128th

  • Campus address

    University of the West of Scotland, Paisley Campus, High Street, Paisley, Renfrewshire, PA1 2BE, Scotland

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Education

    55th out of 91 27

  • Entry standards

    / Max 224
    190 85%

    6th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    76.0 76%

    52nd

    50

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.32 83%

    12th

    38

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