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Secondary Mathematics PGCE with QTS

University of Huddersfield

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  • Qualification

    PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education

  • Location

    University of Huddersfield

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    08-SEP-25

  • Duration

    1 year

Course summary

If you’ve got an undergraduate degree and are striving to become a secondary school maths teacher, then studying our Secondary Maths PGCE with QTS will help you on your way. You’ll develop your subject specialist knowledge alongside hands-on classroom experience. Successful completion of your PGCE course prepares you to start your first teaching post within a secondary school setting. Our course is designed to prepare you to teach pupils in the 11-16 age range.

Why Secondary Mathematics PGCE with QTS?
As a trainee maths teacher you may be eligible for a scholarship of £30,000 or bursary of £28,000. You can receive this alongside a tuition fee and maintenance loan. See our fees and finance section on this page for more information.


Mathematics is essential to everyday life, critical to science, technology and engineering, and necessary for financial literacy and most forms of employment. During the year you will become familiar with the overall curriculum and the national strategies for teaching mathematics. You’ll learn how to plan and teach interesting and creative lessons which encourage enquiry and discussion and foster pupils’ enjoyment and curiosity about the subject. A significant amount of your learning will take place whilst on placement within one of our partnership schools. You’ll benefit from being able to observe experienced teachers, gain practical hands-on experience and mentoring to help you develop into an outstanding and successful teacher.


Upon successful completion of the course you will be recommended for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), enabling you to start your first teaching post within a secondary school.


Professional links and accreditation:
Upon successful completion of the programme we recommend Qualified Teaching Status be awarded by the Department for Education (This accreditation is reviewed on a regular basis.

Additional costs:
Your placements could be based in areas some distance from your point of study, so please be aware of potential associated travelling costs.


A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is required to enable you to undertake placements in settings with children. We arrange this as part of the application process. Please note that there may be a charge for the DBS check.

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University information

University of Huddersfield

University of Huddersfield

  • University League Table

    65th

  • Campus address

    University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, Kirklees, HD1 3DH, England

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100% of permanent teaching staff are Fellows of the Higher Education Academy – Huddersfield is the first and only UK university to achieve this.
Strengths in teaching, employability, internationalisation and inclusiveness.
Huddersfield has a thriving international community of over 3,300 students from nearly 100 different nationalities.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Education

    39th out of 91 8

  • Entry standards

    / Max 224
    128 57%

    59th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    83.0 83%

    23rd

    17

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.18 80%

    29th

    13

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