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Secondary Physical Education PGCE

University of Staffordshire

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  • Qualification

    PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education

  • Location

    Staffordshire University (Stoke-on-Trent Campus)

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    01-SEP-25

  • Duration

    9 months

Course summary

Our Secondary Physical Education PGCE (Postgraduate Certificate in Education) will equip you with strategies to become a confident and successful teacher across KS3 and KS4. Youll spend time in local schools, plan engaging lessons, cover behaviour management techniques and discover how pupils learn. On campus, well help you reflect on your teaching from a subject-specific perspective and give you one-to-one support. But youll get far more than just a teacher training qualification with us. As part of our Institute of Education, youll have access to the latest research on what works and other evidence-based approaches. On the PGCE, you can also use a free online platform to support your subject knowledge and theory of PE. Youll get hands-on experience on placement. To help prepare you for going into a school, we run extra-curricular development sessions in areas such as tennis and football.We also offer the opportunity to take additional sport and activity-based qualifications alongside your course. And our trainees can complete first aid training too. Facilities you can use on campus include our Sir Stanley Matthews Sports Centre, with kit powered by MATRIX Fitness, a sports hall and gym. Outdoors, there are 3G pitches and AstroTurf.Our Secondary Physical Education PGCE lasts for one academic year, from September until the end of July. This school-led course includes an induction to prepare you for your placement and weekly face-to-face sessions at the University to develop your knowledge of the curriculum and subject-specific pedagogy. You will also undertake 20 Intensive Training and Practice (ITaP) days focused on foundational areas of learning to further develop your practice in the classroom.CareersWith a PGCE and Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), youll be ready to teach physical education in secondary schools across England.Most of our graduates secure their first teaching position while on the PGCE, with many of them securing roles within our partnership schools.After youve completed this course, you can join our Masters in Education. Your PGCE gives you Masters credits which means youll be fast tracked and can complete this course by the end of your second year of teaching.

Tuition fees

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£ 16,750per year

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University information

University of Staffordshire

University of Staffordshire

University of Staffordshire

  • University League Table

    97th

  • Campus address

    Staffordshire University, College Road, Stoke on Trent, ST4 2DE, England

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The university offers dedicated international student support and celebrates its diverse and inclusive community through a calendar of student-led events.
Students are supported to make industry connections. There are also opportunities for hands-on and paid work experience through the Innovation Enterprise Zone.
As well as leading modern courses, there are modern facilities, including SmartZone (with its digital and immersive technology) and engineering workshops.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Education

    49th out of 91 19

    53rd out of 86 3

  • Entry standards

    / Max 224
    133 60%

    49th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    66.0 66%

    75th

    3

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.27 82%

    19th

    2

  • Entry standards

    / Max 213
    130 61%

    50th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    61.0 61%

    74th

    21

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.30 83%

    18th

    46

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