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PGCE Secondary Chemistry with Lead Programme Partners combines university-based learning with school-led training.

PGCE Secondary Chemistry with Lead Programme Partners will train you to teach Chemistry focusing on the 11-16 age range, learning to teach the National Curriculum for GCSE and A2-level study.

Successful completion leads to a postgraduate qualification and recommendation for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

You will follow a PGCE course structure, with a modified timetable that includes school-based learning through your Lead Programme Partner alliance.

The majority of the course focuses upon practical training in teaching and learning-related skills. You will enjoy extended periods of school experience, which will provide opportunities to work in a primary setting and to teach in at least two different secondary schools. In total, 25 weeks of your PGCE will be spent experiencing and working in different types of school.

During your placements, you will be supported by university tutors, trained school-based tutors and a nominated Lead Programme Partner representative.

The University maintains a quality assurance and training role throughout the course, while working with Lead Programme Partners across Greater 51¸£ÀûÉç to offer this school-led route into teaching. Lead Programme Partner schools recruit and select their own trainees using the University’s PGCE recruitment criteria and systems.

Many trainees gain employment in Lead Programme Partner schools after the course, although this is not guaranteed. Completion of the course leads to a postgraduate qualification and recommendation for Qualified Teacher Status.

You will:

• gain quality teaching experience in our partner schools and colleges;
• study current, challenging educational issues;
• receive careers planning and early professional development guidance and support from experienced tutors and mentors;
• receive opportunities for reflective practice and research.

• We have links with more than 200 schools, academies, and colleges, and you will benefit from significant school-based teaching experience.
• Our leading experts in education have trained more than 5,000 teachers in the last 15 years.
• Our students come from all over the globe and are from a variety of backgrounds - from recent graduates to mature learners.

Important notice: factors affecting fieldwork and placements

The School of Environment, Education and Development (SEED) recognises the value of fieldwork and placements. However, the safety and wellbeing of our students and staff remains our priority.

The School will assess on a regular basis the viability of any travel and fieldwork and communicate any significant changes to our students at the earliest possible opportunity.

The course is taught by the 51¸£ÀûÉç Institute of Education (MIE) with most PGCE University days based in the Ellen Wilkinson building, centrally located on the University's Oxford Road campus, close to the Main Library, Alan Gilbert Learning Commons, and the Students’ Union.