Secondary Art and Design PGCE with QTS

Entry requirements

Hold or be expected to gain a minimum of a 2:2 honours degree in a relevant subject.

Have GCSE grade C/grade 4 in English Language and Mathematics.

Apply for Teacher Training through the Department for Education’s Apply service.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Share and inspire the exploration of Art and Design within the classroom, and the potential futures you could inspire through this engaging and practical course. Teaching is an extremely rewarding and challenging career. Our course is designed to provide you with the knowledge, understanding and skills that you need to be an outstanding teacher.

We aim to nurture teachers who are passionate about the development of their own and their pupils' learning. During the course, you will learn how to encourage young people’s understanding of art and design through your subject specialism.

We encourage Art and Design trainees to be:

• enthusiastic and confident in the classroom 
• pedagogically skilful and adaptable 
• specialists in the teaching of Art and Design: demonstrating practical skills and a knowledge of subject history
• able to see their subject in the context of the whole curriculum 
• competent in a number of areas that cross secondary school curriculum boundaries 
• able to work as part of a team
• The course is designed to ensure you are confident in all basic national curriculum requirements. If you have any questions about the course, please contact the Subject Leader, who you will find under the Staff section of this course page.

Information for international students

English Language Requirements

IELTS: Overall 7.0 (no less than 5.5 in each band)