Gain the skills and experience to teach mathematics in primary, infant and junior schools, with the possibility of subject leadership, ?with our PGCE Primary with Mathematics.

Our Postgraduate Certificate Education (PGCE) Primary Education with Mathematics course leads to the award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), qualifying you to teach maths to children aged five to 11.

Choose this specialist pathway if you are interested in championing mathematics in your future school. It will enable you to follow a particular interest in maths, leading to subject leadership and/or specialist teaching of mathematics within a primary setting.

Your tutors are internationally or nationally renowned experts, and their research regularly has a direct impact on school curricula and learning techniques - both in the UK and abroad. As experts in their field, their research also directly informs the focus and content of your course.

Learning takes place through a series of lectures,, practical seminars and workshops, where interactive and discussion-based techniques will encourage you to engage, reflect and challenge. Sessions may include:

• participating in workshop-style sessions with your peers
• attending presentations by subject experts
• working on tasks in groups
• having individual tutorials
• visits to schools or other education settings
• visits to theatres, museums, galleries or sites of educational interest
• writing assignments on aspects of subject teaching and professional studies.

Alongside your University tutors, you will be taught and guided by a team of committed and experienced University-trained school mentors.

WHAT CAREER CAN YOU HAVE?

Our students have excellent employment prospects - in fact, many of our trainee teachers are employed before they graduate. The majority of our graduates go into schools and have rewarding teaching careers.

Other alumni bring their educational skills to the worlds of business, culture, art, healthcare, human resources, adult learning and further varied fields.

Studying with us enables you to progress in your career, with many students successfully pursuing promotion following graduation.