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PGCE (Postgraduate Certificate in Education) Primary with QTS

Our one-year Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) prepares you to teach the primary curriculum.

You will gain experience in teaching across the various Key Stages so that you are confident in teaching any year group. You can choose to focus on the Early Years and Key Stage 1, or Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 (although you will be qualified to teach all 3 age phases).

You will have taught sessions at University (around 10 weeks over the year) and spend a minimum of 120 days on placements in schools.

When you’re at Manchester Met, you’ll learn teaching methods and organisational skills, and how to apply your knowledge in the classroom. Some of the skills you’ll learn include how to plan lessons and how to manage children’s behaviour.

You’ll explore creative ways to teach across the core curriculum, from subjects such as History and Science to English and Art. You might, for example, explore how to use drama and role-play to bring history to life.

We also have science laboratories on campus, where you’ll have taught sessions with our science tutors so that you can develop the knowledge you’ll need to teach your class.

You won’t only learn teaching methods with us on campus though, you’ll spend at least 120 days on placements in a variety of schools, gradually increasing your involvement to become an expert practitioner. You will, with support and mentoring, progress to teaching a 70-80% timetable in your final school experience.

On your placements, you’ll get involved with everything in school, from assemblies to playground duties to speaking with parents.

Campus Information

Manchester campus

In the city centre, our Manchester Campus is well connected by many types of transport. Where possible, we encourage the use of walking or cycling to access the campus.

Intakes

Application Processing Time in Days: 20

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description	IELTS (1.0 -9.0)	TOEFL IBT (0-120)	TOEFL CBT (0-300)	PTE (10-90)
Expert	9	120	297-300	86-90
Very Good	8.5	115-119	280-293	83-86
Very Good	8	110-114	270-280	79-83
Good	7.5	102-109	253-267	73-79
Good	7	94-101	240-253	65-73
Competent	6.5	79-93	213-233	58-65
Competent	6	60-78	170-210	50-58
Modest	5.5	46-59	133-210	43-50
Modest	5	35-45	107-133	36-43
Limited	4	32-34	97-103	30-36
Extremely Limited	< 4	< 31	< 93	< 30

Job Opportunity Potential

We are a great, modern university, in a great global city, here to make an impact on Manchester, our nation and beyond, with a driving ambition to discover and disseminate knowledge, and make higher education accessible and beneficial to all those with the passion and ability to succeed.

Our campus is designed around the student experience, providing our students with high quality teaching in a friendly and supportive environment and with some of the best learning facilities in the UK.

We work closely with our city, with business, the community and our academic peers – locally, nationally and internationally – to be inventive and creative, generate great opportunities, and enable our students, colleagues and everyone whose lives we touch to make an impact.

We offer fantastic opportunities for both academics and those working in professional support roles. Our faculties are vivid communities and experimental workshops, vibrant spaces in which you can contribute, challenge and create. Communities in which you’ll innovate, experiment and grow.

Manchester is more than just a city. It’s a fashionable and exhilarating place to live, a cultural hub championing diversity, an urban centre built on a fascinating history and a world-leading powerhouse in business and academia. All in all, it is an exciting time to join Manchester Metropolitan University.

PSW Opportunity

2 Years PSW is applicable after the course completing (Bachelors level or above)

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

IELTS (Academic) Or IELTS for UKVI (Academic) - 6.5, with no component below 5.5 for MA or MSc. 6.5, with no less than 6.0 in any section for MRes, MPhil or PhD (except Business Research - see below)

Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) Or PTE Academic UKVI - 65, with no less than 59 in any section

TOEFL IBT - Overall score: 89 With no individual test score below: Listening: 17 Reading: 18 Speaking: 20 Writing : 17

You will normally have at least a 2:2 UK honours degree (or international equivalent) in an accounting and finance degree, or a degree with substantial accounting content.

We will also consider applicants with appropriate professional passes in a CCAB or equivalent approved professional accounting body and with substantial relevant work experience.

You must have obtained (or working towards) a 2:2 honours degree (or international equivalent).

GCSE grade C/4 or above in English Language, Mathematics and Science. Please note that you can apply with GCSEs pending. We would consider applicants who do not meet GCSE Science requirement, as we can offer a Science Equivalency test.

As per Government requirements for teacher training courses, we are not able to accept Key Skills, Adult Numeracy and Literacy or Functional Skills as an alternative to GCSE English Language and Mathematics. We are not able to accept Human Biology, Physiology, Environmental or Agricultural Science as an alternative to GCSE Science qualification. We are not able to consider Level 3 qualifications (e.g. A Levels, BTECs) as an alternative to GCSE English Language, Mathematics and Science.

UCAS Personal statement plays important role in admissions process. Successful candidates will demonstrate a good understanding of teaching and learning within a primary school setting. You may wish to evidence your understanding by drawing on related examples or experiences, such as time spent in schools or other learning settings.

If you are due to graduate or have graduated within the last three years your principal referee must be a University lecturer.

You will be expected to attend an online interview as part of the application process. Full details of your interview will be provided by email once your initial application has been approved.

A Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) and satisfactory health check are also required. Instructions on how to complete these checks will be provided once you hold a firm offer for this course.

Overseas

Overseas candidates should have Cambridge Proficiency in English or IELTS 7.0 with no component below 6.0, taken within two years of course start date.

Manchester Metropolitan University

Manchester , England ,United Kingdom