PGCE Secondary with Modern Foreign Languages (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

Central to the MFL curriculum are the Warwick Teacher Values (WTV): creativity, intellectual curiosity & social justice. All sessions interweave educational theory and research with application to classroom practice. Sessions also include opportunities for trainees to reflect on their individual development both in university and on placement. MFL sessions throughout the academic year aim to develop subject knowledge, introduce pedagogies, promote pupil progress and support trainees with both their academic assignments and classroom practice. MFL sessions strive to be inclusive, model best practice, and be research informed enabling trainees to become involved in critical discussion which supports the WTV of intellectual curiosity.

You will be taught by an experienced MFL educator with two decades of teaching experience. Pedagogy covered includes effective lesson planning, teaching using the target language, formative assessment and responsive teaching, adaptive teaching, teaching at KS3, KS4 and KS5 and developing metacognition. These sessions, alongside others, equip you with essential skills to excel as a trainee MFL teacher.

You will develop your subject content, curriculum and pedagogical knowledge and understanding allowing you time to develop your skills and knowledge of what it is to be an effective MFL teacher. You will begin to engage with your emerging teacher identities, values and philosophies, moving yourselves towards independence and enabling yourselves to develop resilience.

In our partner schools, you will benefit from dedicated mentoring by experienced MFL teachers. You will also benefit from a tailored course with regular tutorials designed to ensure your success, alongside comprehensive support in securing employment, including expert guidance on applications, CVs, and the interview process, to confidently launch your career as a teacher of MFL.

Previous students have consistently rated the course as excellent and intellectually stimulating, emphasising its effectiveness in preparing them not just to survive but to thrive as secondary MFL teachers.

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).