PGCE Secondary History with Lead Programme Partners

University of Manchester

PGCE Secondary History with Lead Programme Partners provides practical training and theoretical knowledge to help you become a confident History teacher. You will focus on the 11-16 and 11-18 age range in order to gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), learning to teach the National Curriculum surrounding GCSE and A2-level study. You will follow a PGCE course structure, with a modified timetable that includes increased contact with your Lead Programme Partner school. Compared with non-Lead Programme Partner teacher trainees, you will benefit from additional time in school before the PGCE starts and throughout the course. The course focuses on practical training in teaching and learning-related skills. You will spend 25 weeks experiencing and working in different types of school, including opportunities to work in a primary setting and teach in at least two different secondary schools. Your practical training is underpinned by educational theories, ideas and concepts, including current issues and developments in education. This will help you connect professional knowledge with classroom practice as you develop your teaching approach. We will also support you in developing your own teacher identity We work with numerous schools in Greater Manchester to offer the Lead Programme Partner route into teaching. Lead Programme Partner schools recruit and select their own trainees, with the expectation that trainees may go on to work within the school, or group of schools, in which they trained, although employment is not guaranteed.