Primary PGCE

Duration: PGCE with QTS: 10 months full time

The primary PGCE course is the first year of the University of Newcastle’s MEd Practitioner Enquiry. This one year course allows you to gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and either exit with a PGCE or attain 60 credits towards an MEd.

We are committed to teaching as a highly skilled profession. Therefore, as well as developing the skills required to teach proficiently, the course also places an emphasis upon the development of extended professional capacities such as critical thinking, educational research capacity and debating skills.

Central to the course, and of prime importance, is a consideration of the educational and intellectual needs of children in relation to their physical, psychological, cultural , and social development. An understanding of the diversity of pupils' needs is central to this work.

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If you are from a Black or Minority Ethnic background and are thinking of training to become a teacher, but would like advice about the different courses available, the required qualifications, or about how to apply, then you can contact the MERIT project:
Sheba Joseph (MERIT advisor), http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/merit/

Newcastle University is actively committed to equal opportunities and is engaged in research which supports the steps currently being taken by the Teacher Development Agency to increase the diversity of the teaching workforce. It welcomes applications to the PGCE from people regardless of gender, ethnicity, colour, disability, age, sexual orientation, or marital status.

Applicants will need to undergo a CRB disclosure.

Our PGCE students have access to outstanding facilities including:

 

Primary PGCE

If you have any queries please contact PGCE Admissions on:

Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6581
Fax: +44 (0) 191 222 6546
E-Mail: PGCE-education@ncl.ac.uk