Independent PGCE at University of Buckingham

Programme overview

The Independent School Postgraduate Certificate of Education has been developed in close consultation with the HMC. Gain an internationally recognised teaching qualification while building the foundations to specialise in Education. Many teachers want to gain a PGCE but perhaps are either not needing to focus on Qualified Teacher Status at this time, or their current position makes certain compliance matters challenging. For over twenty years, the Independent Postgraduate Certificate in Education has been offering teachers who have not undergone a period of formal teacher education the opportunity to participate in a structured programme of teacher development.

Faculty: School of Education | Duration: 37 weeks full-time | Study mode: full-time (online) | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Buckingham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

“The vast range of support in place ensures you grow throughout the course.” Philip Pitcher, PGCE This course has the great opportunity for additional specialist training days, one in October and one in February where you are able to attend bonus training sessions not available to the QTS route. The PGCE is integrated into the course and upon successful completion you gain an internationally recognised teaching qualification in its own right. QTS can be gained after the course through a shortened AO route, built into this is recognition of the work completed on the IPGCE.

Career pathways

Pursuing leadership roles; Applying for specialist roles relating to your areas of interest; Continued research on your area of interest

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Application information

Entry requirements

To apply for this course, you must: Have a UK degree. For equivalent qualifications, contact [email protected] to confirm that your qualification meets the University entry requirements. You must be employed as a teacher in an independent school or Academy and be in sole charge of a full-size class for a minimum of 10 hours a week. Every year, some of our applicants arrange to work in an independent school for the specific purpose of gaining this training, others have worked in the school for a year or more already. The employing school must be able to fully support a candidate through the course, enabling them to demonstrate all of the Teachers’ Standards across the full age and ability range of training, and cannot be graded as inadequate.

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 37 weeks full-time

Apply through the official page: https://www.buckingham.ac.uk/course-redirect/?coursecode=PCTF1PEN

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