PGCE Primary
University of Roehampton
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PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education

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Train to be a primary school teacher at Roehampton, with its uniquely long heritage in teacher training and its commitment to Froebelian principles of education. You will undergo 20 weeks school placement with excellent mentoring. Build your confidence as a teacher, ready for your first job. Roehampton has been providing teacher training through its colleges for over 180 years. Do you want to inspire young people and help change lives? Would you like to enjoy a great starting salary and a ...Read more

Train to be a primary school teacher at Roehampton, with its uniquely long heritage in teacher training and its commitment to Froebelian principles of education. You will undergo 20 weeks school placement with excellent mentoring. Build your confidence as a teacher, ready for your first job. Roehampton has been providing teacher training through its colleges for over 180 years. Do you want to inspire young people and help change lives? Would you like to enjoy a great starting salary and a rewarding career? Teaching offers all of this. Being able to educate and inspire future generations, seeing young children grow and develop with your help is unlike any other job. This one-year programme will build your confidence in the classroom and will develop your subject knowledge for teaching all primary curriculum subjects.

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26/91
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28th
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115th
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10 Apr 14

University is the best experience I have ever taken. I have met some great people here. My advice to future students would be: Take everything you can and do everything that is..Read more

SR
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10 Apr 14

it is a lovely campus with lovely people. I would advise you as new or future students to really take advantage of being in London. The course is really good but sometimes it..Read more

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Entry requirements

You will need to be able to provide certificated evidence of an undergraduate honours degree or an approved equivalent qualification, preferably 2:2 or above and awarded in the UK. It is a requirement that all those training to teach must have achieved a grade 4 (C) or above in mathematics, English Language and a science subject (or approved equivalents). Please note that we will only consider you if you have already achieved one out of the three GCSEs (or approved equivalents) prior to submitting your application. Roehampton does not offer GCSE equivalency tests. We accept the equivalency tests in science (the single Science Biology and the combined), mathematics and English offered by Equivalency Testing or by A Star Equivalency.

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£9,535 per year

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£18,250 per year

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£18,250 per year

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Accommodation - (Room type)Premium plus ensuite (Chadwick) - 231.00 Per week.

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University is the best experience I have ever taken. I have met some great people here. My advice to future students would be: Take everything you can and do everything that is...
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it is a lovely campus with lovely people. I would advise you as new or future students to really take advantage of being in London. The course is really good but sometimes it...
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University of Roehampton
University of Roehampton , Wandsworth

The University of Roehampton is a contemporary institution situated in 54 acres of green parkland in southwest London, within quick...

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University of Roehampton
Grove House, Roehampton Lane London United Kingdom SW15 5PJ United Kingdom
Nearest tube station: East Putney  0.9 miles away Nearest train station: Barnes  0.6 miles away
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