PGCE Secondary Design and Technology with Qualified Teacher Status

Course summary

• Train for a rewarding career in secondary design and technology teaching.
• Undertake 120 days of school-based training in two different school settings.
• Participate in practical work in our well-equipped facilities to help you learn creative and innovative teaching methods.
• Attain a masters-level PGCE, or a PCE alongside Qualified Teacher status (QTS).

This course will help you to grow academically and professionally and has, as its primary aim, the development and supply of competent teachers who are capable of securing employment in an education setting. You graduate as an experienced and employable design and technology teacher, ready to inspire young people.

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 an advanced academic qualification alongside the real-world experience in school settings. Along with honing your subject skills, you'll learn crucial teaching techniques including behaviour management and student support. There are 120 days of school-based training that allow you to become used to the realities of teaching before graduation. You are assessed through supportive, collaborative means, helping you to grow and improve.

You learn through

• 120 days of school based training across at least two settings
• classes in our well-equipped facilities
• seminars and lectures
• workshops
• school-based experiences
• independent study
• group work
• practical work
• written assessments and feedback

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in

• a secondary teaching post
• academic career as researcher via Masters level study and PhD
• Local Authority/Voluntary Sector worker or researcher
• Non-Government Organisation (NGO) administrative and research posts
• enrichment work with young people
• more general graduate careers including retail management and the civil service

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work in full time positions at their placement schools, schools in the local region and all over the country.

An honours degree (normally 2.2 or above) or equivalent which includes substantial elements of design and technology study. Normally GCSE grade C or Grade 4 in English Language and mathematics, or equivalent. Where applicants have achieved a GCSE grade 4 or above in English literature only, we will look for further evidence of a breadth of achievement in English. We will consider applicants who are in the process of obtaining the relevant GCSEs.