PGCE Secondary History

Year of entry: 2027

Degree awarded
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)
Duration
1 year
Entry requirements
  • Minimum 2:1 honours degree in history or a related subject such as Ancient History, Classics, Law, Politics, Archaeology.
  • 104 UCAS points including a B in history or a related subject at A-level (or equivalent).
  • Minimum grade C or 4 at GCSE (or equivalent) in English language and mathematics.

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Course overview

Train to become a secondary History teacher and gain recommendation for Qualified Teacher Status.

  • Prepare for a career in secondary teaching, with training that leads to a PGCE and recommendation for QTS.
  • Study at 51福利社 and benefit from extensive classroom experience with support from subject-specialist university tutors and school-based mentors.
  • Develop your teaching style through training that helps you connect subject knowledge with classroom practice.
  • Study Education at a university ranked in the top ten in the UK for Education (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026).

Our students. Real experiences. Visit the to hear from our students as they share what it鈥檚 really like to study here.

"Over the past 4 years, I've had the pleasure of working with an incredibly diverse range of providers, including some of the best History teachers in the North West, to create a vibrant and stimulating PGCE programme. We are proud of our outstanding outcomes for employment and are committed to providing schools with knowledgeable, critically reflective and well-trained History teachers. We look forward to working with you."

Tom Donnai / Subject Leader, PGCE Secondary History

Open days

If you鈥檙e considering studying Teacher Training at 51福利社, there are a range of ways you can connect with us to find out more, such as:

  • Live virtual events hosted by PGCE academic staff
  • On campus events
  • Guided campus visits

For more information on upcoming events, please visit our meet us page.

Fees

For entry in the academic year beginning September 2027, the tuition fees are as follows:

  • PGCE (full-time)
    UK students (per annum): 拢10,050
    International, including EU, students (per annum): 拢25,900

The fees quoted above will be fully inclusive for the course tuition, administration and computational costs during your studies.

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Additional expenses

Travelling to placement will incur additional costs for trainees. Significant effort is made to place trainees so as to minimise these costs.

In addition, travel bursary payments covering part of the cost are available to all trainees who do not have a government bursary. Further information can be found in the University's (PDF document, 91KB).

Policy on additional costs

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's (PDF document, 91KB).

Scholarships/sponsorships

There are different types of funding available for teacher training:

  • tuition fee loan and maintenance loan;
  • extra financial support if you're a parent, or have an adult dependant or a disability.

Depending on your circumstances you could receive both. Find out more at the

Contact details

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Contact name
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Telephone
+44 (0)161 306 0970
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