PGDE (Primary) at University of the West of Scotland

Entry requirements

Interview preparation; You are advised to visit both the The General Teaching Council for Scotland and Teach in Scotland websites for full information on what is required to become a teacher in Scotland. You are also advised that recent experience of working/assisting in a Scottish primary school classroom is normally required and is certainly desirable. Important Information: An offer of a place on the PGDE is made on the basis of: your application; you successfully passing the PGDE study interview; you possessing current membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme (which includes a criminal records check by Disclosure Scotland); Academic requirements: A bachelor's (preferably at Honours level†) or a master's degree that is validated by a university in the UK, or a bachelor's or master's degree of an equivalent standard from outside the UK. In addition, applicants must either have, or be awaiting the results of the following: English Requirements; SQA Higher: English (Grade C, or above), or; GCSE: English Literature AND English Language (Grade 5/C, or above) or; Irish Leaving Certificate: Higher Level English (Grade H4, or above) or; International Baccalaureate: English at Honours Level (Grade H4, or above); or equivalent. Maths Requirements; SCQF Level 5, or equivalent, in Maths: SQA National 5 (Grade C) or SQA Intermediate 2 (Grade C) or SQA Standard Grade (Credit - Grades 1 or 2); GCSE Maths (Grade C / 4-5, or above); Irish Leaving Certificate (Grade O2 / B2); International Baccalaureate: English at Standard Level (Grade S6 / S7, or above); or equivalent. For a list of acceptable alternative qualifications in English and Mathematics, please consult Appendix A of the General Teaching Council for Scotland’s Memorandum for Entry to Initial Teacher Education: memorandum-on-entry-requirements.pdf (gtcs.org.uk); Note: We will accept alternate International qualifications in English and Mathematics where evidence is provided via UK National Information Centre (UK ENIC, previously UK NARIC). Attainment of the minimum entry qualifications does not guarantee that the application will progress as competition for limited places is extremely high. INTERVIEWS: An offer of a place on this course is made on the basis of your application and successful interview. Candidates who meet the academic requirements will be considered for interview. The interview is designed to enable applicants to demonstrate their interpersonal skills; ability to communicate; insight into the role of a teacher; knowledge about current Scottish primary education. English language: IELTS Academic 6.0 overall with no sub-test below 5.5.