PGCE Early Years 3-7 (Aylward Academy)

UK degree grade 2.2 or equivalent.

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This PGCE School Direct course leads to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) which enables you to teach either three to seven-year-olds. Trainees from this course have gone on to become teachers at schools like Grafton Primary, Tudor Primary and Willow Tree Primary.

Module 1, Curriculum Studies, includes:

• the theoretical underpinning of the practice you’ll implement in the classroom
• leanring how to effectively plan and teach well-structured lessons in the Early Years curriculum
• sessions on pedagogy, English language and literature, mathematics, science and foundation subjects
• training to assess school pupils’ progress in each of these curriculum areas

Module 2, Professionalism and Inclusive Practice (PIP), includes:

• support for your wider professional development as a student teacher
• discussion of the role of children’s rights and how this supports effective learning relationships
• understanding the different aspects of inclusive education
• introduction to the school structure and wider children’s workforce
• teamwork and collaborative discussion across different subject areas

Work placement:

• 120 days in two London placements learning to teach with a mentor in primary schools