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  • Qualification

    PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education

  • Location

    Falmer Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    29-SEP-25

  • Duration

    1 year

Course summary

Intro

Our (Secondary) Biology PGCE leads to the award of Qualified Teacher Status for the 11–16 age range and offers enrichment opportunities to teach age 16–18.

We will equip you with the skills and knowledge to become a confident and competent biology teacher. You will benefit from also teaching chemistry and physics and we will develop your subject and pedagogical knowledge to be able to do this.

Our teaching graduates' benefit from excellent employment rates that are consistently above the sector average. Plus, we’ll continue to support you as an early career teacher.

At Brighton you’ll train to teach with an Ofsted ‘outstanding’ provider and be educated by an expert team.

You’ll gain practical experiences in two carefully selected schools – we have over 600 placement partners offering a variety of opportunities in large, small, urban and rural settings.

At university you’ll learn in our specialist science lab and other facilities that replicate those used in schools.

Preparing for your teaching career

You will graduate from this course equipped with the skills and knowledge to become a confident and competent secondary school teacher.

As well as gaining a PGCE, you will be assessed against the national Teachers’ Standards in order to be recommended for the award of Qualified Teacher Status.

You’ll benefit from our partnership with over 600 schools, where you’ll gain practical school-based experience in a wide range of settings – large, small, rural and urban.

You will gain a knowledge and understanding of your specialist subject in the secondary school context. You will consider the learning and teaching strategies that are relevant to this subject and develop leadership and management skills.

Tuition fees

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(International fees)

£ 15,900per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

University of Brighton

  • University League Table

    70th

  • Campus address

    University of Brighton, Mithras House, Lewes Road, Brighton, Brighton & Hove, BN2 4AT, England

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    27th out of 91 5

  • Entry standards

    / Max 224
    134 60%

    44th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    85.0 85%

    17th

    7
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.27 82%

    19th

    2

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