Secondary Teaching leading to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) PGCE

Postgraduate

In Surrey

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Surrey

  • Duration

    1 Year

This course will enable you to become an effective, inclusive and evidence informed teacher. At the heart of our course is a commitment to personalising your journey to Qualified Teacher Status. We'll help you to grow in confidence and competence by providing you with outstanding support as you train. We have high student satisfaction rates, as evidenced in the Guardian University League table for Education.

You'll find a supportive learning environment at the University and in our partnership schools. This will help you develop a deep understanding of the secondary curriculum, including your own specialist subject and acquire a range of teaching methods, based upon the latest research in education. We model good teaching as we train you, so you can transfer what you've experienced into your own practice.

You'll also benefit from a course that supports you in becoming a research-engaged teacher, who can use evidence to drive improvements in young people's learning and well being. Your PGCE modules form part of our Master of Research in Education, which you can continue with beyond your PGCE year.

You will benefit from two contrasting placements in our committed partnership of schools. You will spend two-thirds of your course in both placements.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Surrey
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Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 7LB

Start date

On request

About this course

University sessions led by highly rated lecturers and visiting lecturers from our partnership schools who have all had successful teaching careers.
Contributions from experts in your subject specialism from the sector.
Effective in-school support from very well-trained mentors in our partnership schools.
An evidence-informed course, helping you to benefit from the latest in educational practice.
Highly personalised support for you as you make your journey to becoming a qualified teacher.
A holistic view of your learning, which we hope you model in your own teaching.
A direct pathway for you to a Master's qualification, with your PGCE modules forming 1/3 of our Master of Research in Education.

The course also aims to develop your professional skills to help you gain employment in a secondary school and continue with your professional development. It will provide you with a rigorous training in all aspects of being a secondary school teacher.

Over 95% of our graduates enter the teaching profession after they complete their course. Many go into middle and senior management roles in schools.

A 2:2 honours degree relevant to your subject specialism (at least 50% of the degree content needs to be relevant to your chosen specialism).
For the citizenship pathway: your degree should be in a subject that includes significant elements of social sciences or humanities subjects, for example politics, history, geography, philosophy, law, sociology and psychology).

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Subjects

  • Secondary
  • Teaching
  • University
  • Professional Practice
  • Professional
  • Reflective Teacher
  • Reflective
  • Practice
  • Professionalism
  • Policy

Course programme

Course structure

Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list. Those listed here may also be a mixture of core and optional modules.

Modules
  • Professional Practice
  • The Reflective Teacher
  • Perspectives on policy, practice and professionalism for teachers
Specialist pathways
  • Mathematics specialist pathway
  • Science specialist pathway
  • Citizenship with Social Science specialist pathway
  • English specialist pathway
  • Physical education specialist pathway

Additional information

International Fee -:

Year 1 (2019/20): £14,200 
Year 2 (2020/21): £14,600
Year 3 (2021/22): £15,000

Secondary Teaching leading to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) PGCE

£ 9,250 VAT inc.