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Secondary English (including School Direct) with QTS PGCE (Core)
Course options
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Qualification
PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education
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Location
Riverside Campus
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
SEP-21
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Duration
1 year
Course summary
Share and develop your interest in English through teaching, demonstrating the wide range of transferable skills the study of English can provide.
Course overview
Teaching is an extremely rewarding and challenging career. Our course is designed to provide you with the knowledge, understanding and skills that you need to be an outstanding teacher.
We aim to nurture teachers who are passionate about the development of their own and their pupils' learning.
Why study this course with us?
The course intends to produce secondary English teachers who are reflective practitioners, who have a love of the subject, and will be:
- enthusiastic and confident in the classroom
- pedagogically skilful and adaptable
- specialists in the teaching of English
- aware of how young people learn English
- knowledgeable across all areas of English – literature and language
- able to see their subject in the context of the whole curriculum, and understand how the skills of English can transfer across all subjects
- competent in a number of areas that cross secondary school curriculum boundaries, and able to see English in the wider context - contributing to pupils' personal, social, moral, spiritual and cultural development
- able to work effectively as part of a team
- able to critically examine issues raised within the study of the subject
- prepared for teaching English in the 21st Century
The course is designed to ensure you are confident in all basic national curriculum requirements.
Modules
Tuition fees
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£ 12,950per year
Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.
University information

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University League Table
94th
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Campus address
University of Chester, Parkgate Road, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 4BJ, England
Subject rankings
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Subject ranking
50th out of 81
81st out of 106 9
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Entry standards
/ Max 201125 63%31st
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10076 76%36th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 53.94 79%65th
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Entry standards
/ Max 206112 55%60th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10057 57%87th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 54.38 88%10th
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