A popular postgraduate academic qualification leading to QTS, the PGCE is a one-year course focused on developing your teaching skills and underpinning your knowledge. A degree in a national curriculum subject is preferred but not essential. You can take out a postgraduate loan to support your tuition and living costs, and in some cases may be eligible for a non-repayable bursary.
See Funding for teacher training to find out more. Give yourself as much time as possible to perfect your application. To find out what's available, search for a PGCE. Across England and Wales, you can find postgraduate teacher training courses led by schools or universities. The course you choose will depend on your subject, degree class and location. Whichever course you choose, your training will largely be the same.
The majority of courses are fee funded, which could attract a tax-free bursary and if eligible the same funding as your undergraduate degree from Student Finance. Alternatively, there's the possibility of earning a salary while you train in England or Wales. You can find non-salaried and salaried postgraduate teacher training courses led by a school or university in England by using the Department for Education's search tool.
Make sure your qualification will allow you to teach in schools by choosing an undergraduate course that includes qualified teacher status QTS. There are full-time programmes, which take three to four years, or part-time courses, which will take longer to complete. This is a popular route into primary school teaching and can include the option of a specialism, such as maths. Degrees with opt-in QTS are available in certain subjects such as modern foreign languages, computing and physics.
Applications are generally made through the DfE's 'Apply for teacher training' service, but programmes such as Future Teaching Scholars will take direct applications. Launched in , exceptional A-level students hoping to study maths or physics at university have the option of taking this new six-year route into teaching.
Now Teach offers a bespoke recruitment and support programme for experienced professionals to retrain as teachers. The programme is targeted at later-life career changers - you use the skills and knowledge you've developed in your career to inspire students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
You'll benefit from sharing your expertise with a support network of like-minded individuals. Participants typically train on the job in a secondary school, receive a bursary and work a compressed timetable of four days per week. Candidates who would like to teach maths, computer science, languages French and Spanish , geography and all sciences are particularly encouraged to apply, as these subjects are currently facing shortages.
To be eligible, you'll need an undergraduate degree and an A-level related to the subject that you wish to teach, GCSE C grades or above in maths and English or equivalent and to undergo a full DBS check.
Teach First is a charity building a fair education for all by working with schools facing the biggest challenges. By training with Teach First, you'll stop the poorest children from being left behind. They told me what I was required to study in order to gain a teaching qualification.
The minimum for me was a 1 year teaching diploma. I ended up doing an 18 month masters degree instead although it ended up taking me a lot longer than that!!! I chose that course, simply because I was able to do it by distance education. I was able to pick my own schools for teaching prac etc. The rules do vary between states. In NSW I could have taught in private schools without registering with the teaching authority and without and formal teaching qualification, but where I live now, in Queensland, all teachers must be registered before applying for a job.
BTW - I am primary trained, so even with a degree that does not seem to fit in with primary schooling, it is worth getting it assessed. Oh, and also, in NSW, even as a primary trained teacher, as a casual teacher, I was able to work in either primary or high schools. You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. Sign up for a new account in our community.
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Posted May 24, Hi All, I have just joined this forum and will be moving to Australia in July Guest tartandavid. Posted July 30, Although applications are made via Ucas, schools shortlist, conduct interviews and assess the experience and skills of candidates in relation to the needs of the school. The most important element for new recruits is the school experience itself — and this is where the two courses differ more widely. One of the benefits of School Direct is the immediate immersion in school life.
Unlike a PGCE course, where you often start with lectures before going out on shorter placements, School Direct allows trainees to participate as active members of the community from the off. Working from the of September through to July allows trainees to build lasting relationships with students and colleagues. Despite being thrown in at the deep end, trainees are gradually introduced to teaching through an initial period of observations before starting a timetable of six hours a week and finishing with 18 hours a week.
PGCE courses tend to offer two placements lasting up to two thirds of the course between them. This means you gain experience in schools and will move from a placement if it is not entirely suited to you; School Direct trainees are stuck unless they resign and leave the programme. You also have more time at university, which means more time for studying and reflecting on your progress as well as spending far more valuable time with peers in a similar situation.
I valued my time away from school as a PGCE trainee and made some lasting friendships with colleagues beyond my own place of work.
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