Program Overview

PGCE Primary Teaching with QTS

About this course

Become a superb Primary teacher at LJMU. Graduate with a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) and Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) for the 3-7 or 5-11 age range (PE and mathematics specialisms are available for the 5-11 age range).

Course modules

Discover the building blocks of your programme

Modules are designated core or optional in accordance with professional body requirements, as applicable, and LJMU’s Academic Framework Regulations. Whilst you are required to study core modules, optional modules provide you with an element of choice. Their availability may vary and will be subject to meeting minimum student numbers.

Optional modules

• Becoming a Professional Teacher (3-7) 20 credits
  • This module focuses on the teaching placement (minimum 120 days) in a Home School and Alternate Placement, including the tracking and recording of mentoring and progress in relation to the Core Content Framework and assessment against the Teachers' Standards. To pass the module and meet the competency requirements, student teachers must pass the placement experience and triangulation process. Student teachers must also complete an Early Career Profile (ECP) outlining targets for early career development
• Becoming a Professional Teacher (5-11) 20 credits
  • This module focuses on the teaching placement (minimum 120 days) in a Home School and Alternate Placement, including the tracking and recording of mentoring and progress in relation to the Core Content Framework and assessment against the Teachers' Standards. To pass the module and meet the competency requirements, student teachers must pass the placement experience and triangulation process. Student teachers must also complete a Early Career Profile (ECP) outlining targets for early career development.
• Reflecting on learning, teaching and assessment (3-7) 40 credits
  • This module develops student teachers as critical reflective practitioners, developing knowledge and expertise of key subject and / or phase teaching approaches to learning, teaching and assessment.
• Reflecting on learning, teaching and assessment (5-11) 40 credits
  • This module develops student teachers as critical reflective practitioners, developing knowledge and expertise of key subject and / or teaching approaches to learning and teaching.
• Education and Schooling (3-7) (5-11) (11-16) 20 credits
  • This module provides an option to complete a postgraduate Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programme with an alternative exit award WITHOUT recommendation for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). In this module, students will develop a critical understanding of the contemporary policy landscape of education and schooling in England, with reference to educational research and scholarship, informed by personal observation of practice.

Pathways to QTS

• Primary Key Stage 1/2 (5-11 years) with QTS
• Primary Foundation Stage/Key Stage 1 (3-7 years) with QTS
• Primary with Mathematics Specialism (5-11 years) with QTS
• Primary with Physical Education Specialism (5-11 years) with QTS

Professional accreditation

Our Initial Teacher Education courses are monitored by Ofsted - the Office for Standards in Education.

Your Learning Experience

Teaching Assessment

An insight into teaching on your course

Career paths

Further your career prospects

LJMU has an excellent employability record with 94% (HESA 2022) of our postgraduates in work or further study fifteen months after graduation. Our applied learning techniques and strong industry connections ensure our students are fully prepared for the workplace on graduation and understand how to apply their knowledge in a real world context.

Teacher Training employment prospects at LJMU are extremely good, with most subjects exceeding the national averages.

The PGCE course is intended for those preparing to enter the teaching profession and most of our students go on to achieve their career goal, working in state or independent schools and colleges. Teaching provides a variety of pathways leading to specialist roles ranging from pastoral to subject leadership and on into school leadership positions.

Having gained teaching experience, a number of graduates move into associated professions such as educational psychology, consultancy, and in the education service sector outside of schools.

Tuition fees and funding

Home

• Fee: £9,535

International

• Fee: £18,250

Entry requirements

You will need:

• Have a first-degree classification normally a minimum of 2.2 Honours or equivalent from a UK university, or equivalent overseas qualification
• Have at least a grade C/4 or above in GCSE English Language, Mathematics and Science or their equivalent (which must be approved by LJMU)

Extra Requirements

• Receipt of satisfactory Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Certificate prior to enrolment.
• Completion of a medical questionnaire, for medical clearance by the LJMU Occupational Health team, to confirm Fitness to Teach.
• If an applicant needs to improve their subject knowledge, they may be asked to complete a subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) course.

International requirements

• IELTS overall 7.0 (minimum 6.5 in each component)

Extra Requirements

• Receipt of satisfactory Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Certificate prior to enrolment.
• Completion of a medical questionnaire, for medical clearance by the LJMU Occupational Health team, to confirm Fitness to Teach.
• If an applicant needs to improve their subject knowledge, they may be asked to complete a subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) course.