PGCE Secondary Mathematics with Qualified Teacher Status

Course summary

• Develop the skills to teach National Curriculum mathematics at Key Stages 3 and 4 and at higher level Key Stage 4 and post-16.
• Gain a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) alongside Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
• Use a range of methods and approaches in order to develop your teaching on school-based work experience placements.
• Enhance your PGCE study on our Mathematics SKE course.

Enhance your knowledge of mathematics-specific pedagogy and skills through university sessions and school-based work. As a national priority subject, you'll be well placed to start a career as a maths teacher upon graduation, and you may be eligible to receive a bursary to train.

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.

You are introduced to mathematics-specific skills through university sessions and school-based work. You're expected to consolidate your development, both in university and in schools, by researching appropriate material and accessing wider resources.

You learn through

• seminars
• workshops
• lectures
• group work
• directed tasks
• school-based experiences
• independent study
• discussions
• group work
• practical work
• written assessments

Future careers

Upon graduation most students go directly into employment as qualified teachers. However a number of key transferable skills are developed throughout the course, allowing for alternative progression or career routes, such as

• research via masters-level study and PhD
• local authority/voluntary sector work or research
• non-government organisation (NGO) administrative and research posts
• enrichment work with young people
• more general graduate careers including retail management and the civil service.

An honours degree in mathematics or relevant subject (normally 2.2 or above) or equivalent. 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.