PGCE Secondary Education (Mathematics) G1X1

Study PGCE Secondary Maths at the Institute of Education and benefit from our highly experienced academics and our consistently high employment rates.

Our Postgraduate Certificate Education (PGCE) Secondary Maths course is consistently graded as good in Ofsted inspections, and leads to the award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), qualifying you to teach the 11-18 age group in secondary schools in England and Wales.

You will be taught by experienced mathematics teachers who are all specially trained as mentors. They are a diverse and incredibly experienced community of academics with extensive school teaching and academic experience. You will benefit from their expertise and understanding of educating and influencing policy. You will benefit from their expertise and understanding of educating and influencing policy.

We recognise that children need different ways of accessing mathematics in the way that’s most comfortable to them, and delve deep into what makes children care about maths.

Through seminars you’ll participate in active discussions around the key issues in teaching and we’ll provide you with a wide range of techniques that you can employ in the classroom, including manipulatives in maths, outdoor maths and global maths.

WHAT CAREER CAN YOU HAVE?

In addition to our many master's and PhD graduates, each year, we have over 500 students become newly qualified teachers (NQTs). Our excellent links with local schools ensure that our employment rates are consistently high, with well over 90% of our NQTs finding a teaching job last year.

Our courses have allowed many teachers to gain promotion within their institutions. A number of students also continue their studies onto EdD/PhD courses to pursue a career in educational research.