PGCE

We offer standard and flexible Professional Graduate Certificates in Education (PGCEs) at both primary and secondary level.

Primary PGCE

The Primary PGCE will train you to teach across the 5-11 age range, in Key Stages 1 and 2, achieving the national professional Standards required for the award of the recommendation for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). The standard programme is 38 weeks, full-time and the flexible programme takes up to two years.

Secondary PGCE

The Secondary PGCE has been specifically designed for intending secondary school teachers, including a recommendation for the award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

As a trainee, you will study in one of the following curriculum subject areas, with standard and flexible routes available unless stated otherwise:

• Business Education (14-19)
• Business, Administration and Finance (14-19)
• Creative and Media (14-19), standard route only
• Design and Technology (11-16)
• English (11-16)
• Geography (11-16), standard route only
• History (11-16), standard route only
• Information and Communication Technology (11-16)
• Manufacturing and Product Design (14-19)
• Mathematics (11-16)
• Modern Foreign Languages (11-16), pathways available in French, German, Mandarin, Spanish and Urdu
• Music (11-16)
• Physical Education (11-16)
• Psychology (14-19), standard route or assessment-only flexible route
• Religious Education (11-16)
• Science (11-16)
  

All our Secondary PGCE courses prepare you to teach the 11-16 age range with a post-16 enhancement element, with the exception of Applied Art and Design and Business Education, which cover the 14-19 age range.

Full-time PGCE students will be entitled to a training bursary and, for some subjects, golden hellos. See our fees and finance pages for more information.

Post-Compulsory Education and Training

The PGCE in Post-Compulsory Education and Training is designed for graduates who do not yet have an approved qualification to teach and who are employed in FE colleges, work-based learning providers or public sector training such as the Police, Health Service, Prison Service and voluntary sector. It is also suitable for those seeking a new career in education and training. Subject to certain conditions teaching practice will be arranged for such students.

A PGCE in Post-Compulsory Education and Training: Skills for Life is also available, focusing on the relevant Skills For Life pathway chosen and giving you a range of skills and knowledge from preparing for teaching, learning and assessment to subject specific teaching and learning.

Subject Knowledge Enhancement Courses

If you want to teach chemistry or physics to ages 11-16, but have an insufficient level of science in your degree to gain entry to a science PGCE, then our subject knowledge enhancement courses in physics or chemistry could be for you.

If you want to teach mathematics to ages 11-16, but have an insufficient level of subject knowledge in your degree to gain entry to a Mathematics PGCE, a subject knowledge enhancement course in mathematics is also available.

Secondary Flexible Postgraduate Programme

Edge Hill is one of only a small number of providers in the country offering a Secondary Flexible Postgraduate programme. Flexible provision comprises 3 pathways and 10 subject specialisms and is designed to meet the needs of a diverse range of applicants wishing to enter the teaching profession.