PGCE Religious Education

Course Benefits The secondary programme will prepare you to teach within the secondary age phase.Leeds Trinity PGCE courses are well-established, with a longstanding reputation for excellence. Trainees do well on our courses, gain employment and progress in their careers.  The Leeds Trinity University PGCE Religious Education programme offers well-structured training to teach pupils across the age and ability range in a diversity of schools, denominational and nondenominational.  Taught university training is provided by classroom experienced subject experts. University tutors are dedicated to supporting you throughout the course and into your first job as a teacher.  The employment rate of our students is extremely high and graduates have readily obtained teaching posts across the UK as well as within our partnership schools. The course qualifies you to teach Religious Education at 11–16 with some post-16 enhancement​, providing opportunities to develop particular interests at Key Stage 3, 4 or at Advanced Level.​

A good honours degree (2ii or above) with a significant proportion of Theology or Religious Studies.​GCSE Grade C (or accepted equivalent) English and Mathematics. We offer our GCSE equivalency tests to those who have a conditional place on the course but do not already have these qualifications.Suitable personal and intellectual qualities required for teaching in secondary schools.Commitment, attitudes and values appropriate to that of a secondary teacher.Ability to read effectively and c​ommunicate clearly and accurately in spoken and written Standard English, and to...