PGDE (Secondary) at University of the West of Scotland

Entry requirements

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 degree or equivalent containing 80 credits relevant to subject area being applied for†, plus: Scottish Highers: English (Grade C, or above), plus SQA National 5 Maths (Grade C, or equivalent)†; GCSE; English Language and English Literature plus Maths at Grades C/4-5, or above†; Irish Leaving Certificate: Higher English at H4 (or above) plus Ordinary Maths at O3 (or above)†; † Important Information; Entry Requirements to the PGDE Secondary programme are shaped by the GTC Scotland Memorandum on Entry Requirements for Programmes of ITE and the application procedures of the university. This section details the overarching entry requirements that apply to all secondary subjects, some subjects have additional entry requirements specific to the subject (e.g. Art & Design, English, Languages and PE). Details of these are included in the GTC Scotland Memorandum but are also detailed in our FAQ documentation which is hosted further up this page. All applicants should hold a degree validated by a university in the UK or a degree of an equivalent standard from outside the UK. This is the minimum with which an applicant can apply. It may be that only applicants with a good Honours degree (Grade 2.2, or above) will be considered depending on how many places we have available in any specific year. The degree qualification must contain a minimum of 80 credit points relevant to the teaching qualification that an applicant plans to qualify for in Secondary, with at least 40 of the credit points studied at SCQF Level 8 (RQF Level 5 or EQF Level 5) or above (i.e. around two years full-time study in Higher Education). All applicants must also have achieved, or be undertaking qualifications in both English and Mathematics at the point of their application*: ENGLISH; a minimum of SQA Higher (Grade C), or equivalent. MATHEMATICS; a minimum of SQA National 5 (Grade C), or equivalent. Applicants who are working towards these qualifications will also be considered on the condition that the applicant, if successful at interview, has attained these qualifications prior to the start of the course in August of the academic session that they are applying for. English language: IELTS Academic 6.0 overall with no sub-test below 5.5.