PGCE Secondary Citizenship and PSHE with Qualified Teacher Status (11-16) with Post 16 Enhancement

Course summary

• Undertake school-based training in two different school settings.
• Learn to plan and teach Citizenship across Key Stages 3 and 4 in active, creative ways needed to motivate pupils.
• Gain knowledge of schools and the education system.
• Participate in a field trip to explore approaches to teaching outside the classroom.

This course is professional and vocational in nature and has, as its primary aim, the development and supply of competent teachers who will be capable of securing employment in an education setting. Over 96% per cent of our PGCE graduates are teaching or in further study within six months of graduating.

How you learn

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

This course provides a flexible framework to support your academic and professional development through a range of school-based training and university-based sessions. Throughout the course you will be encouraged to critically reflect on your progress, and academic and professional review tutorials will be used to support your development.

You learn through

• seminars and lectures
• workshops
• directed tasks
• professional studies tasks
• school-based experiences
• independent study
• discussions
• group work
• practical work
• written assessments and feedback
• subject training days
• classes on subjects in the humanities to prepare for a wider range of teaching

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career as a

• secondary teacher
• researcher via masters level study and PhD
• local authority/voluntary sector worker or researcher
• non-government organisation (NGO) researcher
• enrichment worker with young people
• more general graduate role including retail management and the civil service.