Study Details: PGCE 1 year full-time
The University of Huddersfield is pleased to be the training provider for a number of our primary and secondary school partners who offer school-led training through School Direct.
Courses are available with our partner Teaching Schools and alliances. Each partner provider offers a different range of subject options, including primary education and secondary subjects. Please use the links below to view the courses available with each partner:
Calderdale and Kirklees Teaching School Hub
Five Towns ITT Partnership
Learners First Schools Partnership
New Collaborative
Trinity Institute of Education
Valley Trust
West Yorkshire Teaching Alliance
Yorkshire Anglican Learning and Education Partnership
Why School Direct?
As a School Direct trainee you’ll have the opportunity to work as part of the teaching team in the alliance of schools to which you’ve applied. Your chosen alliance will be involved in your selection, recruitment and professional development throughout the programme. School Direct trainees also benefit from studying with other trainees at the University of Huddersfield on our university-led PGCE programmes. Both routes have the same entry requirements, lead to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and include 60 Masters level credits.
Each course has been carefully negotiated with our school partners to enable trainees to benefit from the unique experiences available within their alliance.
You’ll benefit from being able to learn from and observe experienced teachers, gain practical hands-on experience and mentoring to help you develop into an outstanding and successful teacher.
Successful completion of your PGCE course prepares you to start your first teaching post within a primary or secondary school setting. Our courses are designed to prepare you to teach pupils in a specific age range, with opportunities to develop a comprehensive understanding of progression in the age phases before and after. Our School Direct Primary training will take place across the 3-7 or 5-11 age ranges and our School Direct Secondary training across the 11-16 or 11-18 age ranges.
for this course are normally:
An Honours degree (2:2 or above) For secondary, 50% of your degree should be in the subject you wish to teach.
GCSE English Language and Maths at grade 4 or above (or grade C or above if awarded under the previous GCSE grading scheme) or equivalent. If you are applying for primary teaching, you must also have a Science GCSE at grade 4 or above.
If your first language is not English, you will need IELTS 7.0 overall, with no element less than 6.5.
If all or part of your qualifications are from outside the UK, we’ll need a UK ENIC statement of comparability.
You must demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively, and that you have the intellectual and academic capabilities to meet the required Teachers’ Standards by the end of the programme.
Offers will be subject to satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced disclosure check and trainees must not previously have been barred from teaching or working with children. We also ask you to complete a health declaration to ensure that you have the health and physical capacity to teach. There is a charge (currently £44). You don’t need to do anything before you apply.
You should provide two references. Where applicants have current or recent experience working with children or young people, one of the referees should be a member of staff who can comment on your potential to train to teach.
All conditions must be met by 31 August 2022.
The University of Huddersfield seeks and encourages applications from under-represented groups in order to widen participation, improve access and apply the principles of equal opportunities. Applicants with disabilities are under no obligation to declare their disabilities, but the University is committed to making the adjustments necessary to promote positively equality and access for disabled applicants. Applicants are encouraged to identify any special arrangements they may require. General advice and information regarding disability and the support the University can give can be found by visiting the University’s Disability Support webpages.
Read more about the University’s for students outside of the UK on our Where are you from information pages.
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