PGCE Primary (including School Direct) with QTS

Applicants will normally:

• hold or be expected to gain a minimum 2:1 degree
• have relevant experience in state schools (minimum 10 days) and must have some experience of working with young people
• have GCSE grade C in English Language and Maths and, for Primary and Primary/Early Years, grade C in Science
• have to pass the NCTL skills tests in literacy and numeracy by 30th June 2018

Apply online at: www.ucas.com/ucas-teacher-training.

https://www1.chester.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/postgraduate-finance/current-postgraduate-fees

As this is a vocational programme, those gaining the qualification typically enter primary teaching.

Programme Structure

The one-year PGCE is, by necessity, an intensive and highly demanding course, which runs from early September through to late June.

Professional Placement in schools is a central feature of the course, with eighteen weeks spent working in at least two different schools.

The University-based elements of training help students to prepare for, and learn from, this work with teachers and children.

It includes the following three modules taught throughout the year:

• Professional Development Education (PDE) which involves all those aspects of the role of the teacher which transcend individual subject boundaries, for example, class management, the teacher and the law, working with children with special educational needs

• study of the core curriculum subjects of English, Maths and Science plus work on Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
   
• an introduction to each of the non-core subjects, Religious Education, Personal/Social/Health Education and Citizenship.

It is usual for the timetable to include five full days of teaching each week at the University. In addition, a great deal of individual work is expected.