Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 1 year full-time
2 years part-time
If you're looking for a rewarding career where you can make a positive difference to young people's lives, secondary teaching is a great choice.
On our secondary PGCE degrees - which were rated 'Outstanding' in Ofsted's latest review - you'll gain the skills and confidence you need to become an outstanding secondary school teacher.
On each of these teacher training degrees, you'll be supported by our tutors and school-based mentors as you learn to plan and deliver lessons with strong subject knowledge, confidence and imagination, while reflecting on what it means to teach at secondary level. You can study full time over one year, or part time over two.
An honours degree in a relevant subject, with approximately 50% English content and a classification of at least 2:2.
GCSE Mathematics and English language at grade C (Grade 4) or above, or equivalent.
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After you graduate this PGCE for secondary education, you'll be ready to start your teaching career on a minimum starting salary of £30,000, depending on where you teach in the UK. Over 90 per cent of Portsmouth PGCE graduates go into full-time teaching.
A PGCE, or Postgraduate Certificate in Education, is a teaching qualification recognised all over the world, so you'll also be able to teach overseas too, such as in Australia, Canada and the USA.
Classroom Practice in Secondary Teaching - 30 credits
The Development of the Professional Secondary Teacher - 30 credits
Reflective Practice in Secondary Teaching - 30 credits
The Professional Secondary Teacher - 30 credits
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