PGCE SECONDARY CHEMISTRY

We will support you to develop as a great chemistry teacher who can bring the subject to life by devising and delivering a diverse range of engaging lessons that educate and excite all pupils.

The subject studies element of your training programme enables you to develop skills, knowledge and understanding of science, and particularly chemistry, in the secondary school context.

You are expected to audit your chemical knowledge and to use this as a basis for the planning and development of your specialism. Teaching chemistry can be exciting and motivating, so the ethos of the course is that trainees should be able to understand and apply chemistry in everyday situations.

You will learn about children and child development in the core Active Inquiry module with the rest of the Secondary PGCE cohort.

The Secondary PGCE course at the University of East London was designed in 2001 in conjunction with the local authorities to address the secondary education teacher shortage in east London.

The partnership works with input and support from the London Boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Waltham Forest and Redbridge.

It means that our graduates are represented in virtually every secondary school in east London. Some are now deputy heads or in senior management roles in schools that are taking our current trainees for their placements.

Across all subjects, from maths to modern languages, our teacher training graduates are acting as mentors to those following in their footsteps.

The partnership means that you have a head start when it comes to securing a teaching post in east London at the end of your training.

Both local authorities and individual schools visit our campus regularly to meet our trainees and advertise available vacancies.

You may also decide to undertake further study at the University of East London, either at the end of your course or after gaining teaching experience, perhaps specialising in Special Educational Needs or taking our MA Leadership in Education.

Minimum 2.2 Honours degree or above in the subject area applicant plans to teach.
All applicants MUST have GCSE English and Maths grade A*/9 to C/4.