Program Overview

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Key details

Start date(s)

• September 2025

Study Mode

• Full-time (1 year)

Location

• Main Campus (Horsforth)

School

• Education

Course modules

Year 1

Stage One - Introducing and Preparing

From September to December, you'll have a guided and supported induction to classroom practice and the primary curriculum.

• Six weeks of teaching at University integrated with eight weeks in school, allowing you to put into practice what you have learned.

Stage Two - Developing and Securing

From January to March, you'll broaden your experience, planning, assessing and reviewing sequences of learning and reflective practice.

• Four weeks of teaching at University integrated with eight weeks in school.

Stage Three - Refining and Embedding

From March to July, you'll enhance your knowledge of the curriculum and evaluation, with eventual transition to the Early Career Framework.

• A week of teaching at University which will focus upon transitioning into your first teaching post, with a minimum of eight weeks in school.

Learning and teaching

Assessment methods

Our strategy

Assessment will be both formative and summative and will take place at different times across the programme.

Examples of Assessment across the programme will include:

• Personal subject knowledge audits.
• Ongoing target setting and progress checks against the Core Competencies.
• Level 7 formative assessments
• Level 7 marking and feedback

Learning and teaching

At Leeds Trinity, we aim to provide an excellent student experience and provide you with the tools and support to help you achieve your academic, personal and professional potential.

Our Learning, Teaching and Assessment Strategy delivers excellence by providing the framework for:

• high quality teaching
• an engaging and inclusive approach to learning, assessment and achievement
• a clear structure through which you progress in your academic studies, your personal development and towards professional-level employment or further study.

We have a strong reputation for developing student employability, supporting your development towards graduate employment, with relevant skills embedded throughout your programme of study.

We endeavour to develop curiosity, confidence, courage, ambition and aspiration in all students through the key themes in our Learning and Teaching Strategy:

• Student Involvement and Engagement
• Inclusion
• Integrated Programme and Assessment Experience
• Digital Literacy and Skills
• Employability and Enterprise

To help you achieve your potential, we emphasise learning as a collaborative process, with a range of student-led and real-world activities. This approach ensures that you fully engage in shaping your own learning, developing your critical thinking and reflective skills so that you can identify your own strengths and weaknesses, and use the extensive learning support system we offer to shape your own development.

We believe the secret to great learning and teaching is simple: it is about creating an inclusive learning experience that allows all students to thrive through:

• Personalised support
• Expert lecturers
• Strong connections with employers
• An international outlook
• Understanding how to use tools and technology to support learning and development

Entry requirements

Leeds Trinity University is committed to recruiting students with talent and potential and who we feel will benefit greatly from their academic and non-academic experiences here. We treat every application on its own merits; we value highly the experience you illustrate in your personal statement.

The following information is designed to give you a general overview of the qualifications we accept. If you are taking qualifications that are not included below, please contact our Admissions Office who will be happy to advise you.

• An undergraduate honours degree or equivalent (2:2 or above). Please note that applicants with third-class honours degrees will be considered on an individual basis, and normally only if applicants have additional qualifications and/or significant relevant professional experience.
• GCSE Grade 4 (or C or accepted equivalent) in English Language or English Literature, Science and Mathematics. If you do not already have the appropriate GCSEs, or if you are unable to provide proof of your grades, please refer to the GCSE Equivalency information below.
• The ability to read effectively and communicate clearly and accurately in spoken and written standard English.
• Suitable personal and intellectual qualities required for teaching in primary schools.
• Applicants also need to demonstrate the commitment, attitudes and values appropriate to those of a primary teacher and the potential to train as a teacher. Strong applicants often have experience in primary schools, but this is not a requirement.

This course is not available to students on a Student Route Visa.

Additional entry requirements

In addition to the above essential entry requirements, successful applicants also tend to have:

• Advanced level qualifications (or equivalent) in Primary Education.
• Experience of observing the teaching in a primary school in this country.

You will also need to meet additional entry requirements set by the Department for Education (DfE) for selection. This includes the completion of a health check and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. For further information, please visit our Initial Teacher Training additional entry requirements page.

Interview information

If your initial application is successful, we will invite you to the next available Interview Day. For more information on the interview process, visit our PGCE Primary Education Interviews page.

GCSE Equivalency

If you do not already have the appropriate GCSEs, or if you are unable to provide proof of your grades, we can accept GCSE equivalency tests taken with A Star Equivalency, equivalencytesting.com or Birmingham City University (BCU). Further details are emailed to applicants who accept offers with us.

Fees and finance

Funding

For information about our tuition fees, please visit our Student Fees and Finance pages.

Catholic Certificate in Religious Studies (CCRS)

Achieve an additional qualification alongside your PGCE with the Catholic Certificate in Religious Studies.

Although the CCRS isn't compulsory, it is recognised across the Catholic school sector as a desirable qualification that can expand on both your expertise and your vocational focus. The course aims to ensure you have the basic knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the beliefs and principles of the Catholic Faith while providing a basis for further study.