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Course Info

Teaching is still regarded as one of the most rewarding careers you can embark on. This is a career where you can have an incredible impact on the next generation of learners. This course is for those graduates who want to achieve Qualified Teacher Status to be able to teach in a Primary School in England. This qualification enables teachers to teach in independent, state-maintained and special schools in England.

When asked, 98% of students felt that the course had made them a better teacher. You will learn about all aspects of working as a teacher including teaching strategies, child development, policies and processes and ways to ensure that effective learning takes place. We will work with you to strengthen your subject knowledge so that you are able to deliver on all the Core and Foundation Curriculum subjects.

On our PGCE programme, all teachers are encouraged to be inclusive practitioners for example to know about SEND and ways of promoting and maintaining good behaviour with an awareness of the importance of emotional regulation. We want to help you develop your confidence and resilience in order to be able to assuredly teach different Key Stages and across different age ranges. This is an employment-based route where you can work as a teacher and train to be a qualified teacher at the same time. In order to apply you must have a post secured in a Primary setting. The course lasts for 37 weeks and covers a full and demanding curriculum. Our curriculum covers all aspects of the Core Content Framework (CCF). On our course, you learn whilst working in the classroom, fully supported by a Mentor in your own setting along with participating in blended learning programme provided by a team of experienced practitioners working with the University. You will be assigned a Tutor employed by the University who will visit you in your setting and work with you throughout the year. This course will support you as you develop your identity as a teacher and help you to find and refine your own teaching style.

Teaching & Assessment

The Primary curriculum is informed by the Core Content Framework (CCF); trainees will gain experience in both core and foundation curriculum subjects, in order to give you the confidence, tools and knowledge to be a fully informed and evidence-based practice teacher in a school.

Our Primary PGCE with QTS programme will enable you to start teaching and build your confidence in the classroom. It will support you as you develop your identity as a teacher and help you to find and refine your own teaching style.

Trainees will be teaching for a minimum of 13 hours per week across the core subjects English (inc. phonics) Maths and Science and will evidence teaching across the year of all foundation subjects (Art and Design, Computing, Design Technology, History, Geography, Languages (MFL), Music, Physical Education, Relationships, Sex and Health education (RSE), Religious Education (RE). Teaching time will increase to 80% of the timetable in the final term. If you are teaching in reception, you will be following the early years curriculum framework.