Secondary (School Direct) PGCE

Course overview

Your school placements will build your skills and confidence as you progress towards Qualified Teacher Status, while your academic sessions will deepen your understanding both of your subject and your profession. You will develop your knowledge of your chosen subject and its place within the curriculum while also exploring wider educational issues, reflecting local and national policy and practice. This equips you with both a strong subject specialism and a wider understanding of teaching and education. We encourage you to develop your own philosophy and values surrounding your subject, your professional identity and education itself.

Our Schools Teaching Alliance partners work with us to develop our courses and to give you the best possible experience of teaching and learning.

Career outcomes

You will leave us fully prepared to start work as a Newly Qualified Teacher, specialising in your chosen subject.