PGCE Secondary with English (with QTS)

Entry requirements

• Bachelors degree with Honours at 2:2 or above, or equivalent level.
• At least Grade C or the new Grade 4 in GCSE English and Mathematics.*

Equivalency Tests

We are able to accept approved third party equivalency tests in place of GCSEs. The current providers that have been approved are as follows, with details of the current discounts that are available. If you are intending to use another equivalency testing company, we recommend you contact our admissions team prior to doing so to ensure that they meet the entry criteria.

Equivalency Testing

• Why choose Equivalency Testing?
• Long standing company
• Excellent student support
• Secure testing
• Good and quick feedback
• Significant discount available for PGCE offer holders, please email cte.admissions@warwick.ac.uk for the code.

A Star Equivalency**

Why chose A Star Equivalency?

• Excellent student support
• A clear outline of required material in each exam

• Rolling programme of live online subject specific support sessions.
• An extensive range of free support material
• Practice papers and marking schemes
• Discounted from £165* to £139 (saving £26). Please contact cte.admissions@warwick.ac.uk for the discount code.

If you are intending to use another equivalency testing company, we recommend you contact our admissions team prior to doing so to ensure that they meet the entry criteria.

*The new grading system for those receiving their results for GCSE Maths and English was adopted in 2017. The grading system is now 9-1, with Grade 9 awarded to those students in the very top tier. Grade 4 is considered equivalent to the old Grade C.

**Special offer for the University of Warwick students. Maths exams are available in Foundation or Higher. English, Science and Biology are untiered

If students require further support, we offer a range of low-cost options.

Months of entry

September

Course content

The aim of the English PGCE course is to help you find your emerging English teacher identity and to develop a love of teaching English. Our mission is that, when you join your English department, you in turn inspire a love of English in your learners. All the subject sessions are taught in person (whether online or face-to-face) and you will have the opportunity to build a community of practice with other English trainees on the course.

The course is taught by highly knowledgeable and experienced English tutors who will support you as you develop your teaching philosophy and classroom pedagogy as well as supporting you with your academic assignments and subject knowledge development. Both tutors on the course have been English teachers in busy English departments, so fully understand the demands and rewards of being an English teacher.

During the course you will explore how to teach the fundamentals of English as well as looking at familiar and unfamiliar aspects of the subject. The course begins with a focus on reading, writing and spoken language and moves on to looking at diversity in the curriculum, critical literacy, literary frameworks, and creativity among other topics. All the sessions are underpinned by reference to seminal and recent research. You will explore not only what works in the classroom, but also why. You will develop pedagogies for teaching prose, poetry and drama and there is a focus throughout the course on inclusive English teaching both in terms of authors and texts studied as well as learning to engage and inspire learners with a range of needs.

This course is suitable for anyone with an interest in helping students develop as enthusiastic readers and critical thinkers, particularly with a background in literature, language, creative writing or a related subject that has a focus on analysis and critique.

Course overview

Our Secondary Postgraduate Certificate in Education focuses on the 11-18 age range. Our course will develop you into a highly effective teacher, equipped with the values, skills and knowledge to become a successful school leader.

Our courses offer the best of both immersive, school-based training and regular teaching input from experts with subject specialist teaching experience. In addition, you can access the support and learning facilities of a world-class university.

On the course you will develop a secure subject knowledge base, and the ability to plan and teach in your subject so that all pupils learn and make good progress. You will learn how to assess and evaluate learning and develop your teaching to ensure progress for all pupils. You will also learn about the needs of pupils and how to adapt your teaching to strengthen inclusion in your teaching.

In partnership with regional schools, we will ensure that you have the skills and knowledge needed to forge a strong personal and professional identity, which you will continue to develop throughout your career. The Warwick Teacher Values, of Social Justice, Intellectual Curiosity and Creativity run through all our programmes.

What is a PGCE?

A Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) is usually a one-year teacher training course. It offers a mixture of academic and practical learning, and it's the first step for graduates in the development of a teaching career. At Warwick, our PGCE courses provide a recommendation for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS – a requirement to teach in the state school system as a Newly Qualified Teacher).