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Postgraduate Initial Teacher Education

Canterbury Christ Church University is one of the largest and most successful providers of postgraduate initial teacher education in the country. The University has very good OFSTED quality ratings across its Primary, 7-14, 11-18 and 14-19 provision.


Introduction

The portfolio of PGCEs on offer includes programmes for those wishing to train to teach primary, 7-14, 11-18 and 14-19 age groups and in Post Compulsory education. All routes are available for full-time one year study. There is a part-time primary PGCE which takes five terms to complete, and a number of courses are available on a flexible, modular route which can be completed over a time period of up to three years, with the length of the course planned to meet individual circumstances.

The University attracts applicants with a wide range of backgrounds and experience to its PGCE courses. Approximately a third of student teachers come straight from completing their first degrees. Another significant number begin their PGCE courses after some experience in the world of work, but within a few years of graduating. Many others come as mature entrants, including some who are returning to paid employment after raising a family, and others who have decided to make a career change to teaching.

The University is strongly committed to its equal opportunities and race equality policies and is pleased to be recruiting an increasing number of student teachers from ethnic minorities. Partnership schools work closely with the University to provide good professional opportunities for student teachers with disabilities.

Whatever your background and experience, if you meet the entry requirements and are offered a place on a PGCE course, you will find many other student teachers like you at the University. Universities can use the title ‘PGCE’ as an abbreviation for both the Postgraduate Certificate in Education and the Professional Graduate Certificate in Education. The main difference is that the Postgraduate Certificate involves completing more work at Master’s level.

An advantage of studying at Canterbury Christ Church University is that our PGCE programmes can be varied to suit your learning needs and aspirations, and you can work towards either the Postgraduate or Professional Graduate Certificate as suits you best. You do not need to decide which to do before you start. If you complete the Postgraduate Certificate you will be awarded 40 Master’s credits towards a Masters in Education, which you can complete at the University. Both the Postgraduate Certificate and the Professional Graduate Certificate include the recommendation of Qualified Teaching Status (QTS), which is confirmed by the General Teaching Council for England (GTCE).

Canterbury Christ Church University offers an extensive portfolio of postgraduate initial teacher education programmes. We can prepare you to teach in all settings including Early Years, Primary and Secondary schools, Further Education and Lifelong Learning in a mode of study to suit you whether this is University-based, home-based or work-based.

If . . .

  • you think young people deserve teachers with vision, energy and imagination and you can prove you’ve got those qualities,

  • you think education is more about lighting fires than filling buckets,

  • you think making a difference is something important in life and this is not just meaningless cliché,

  • you think being challenged to develop the widest range of knowledge and skills in constantly changing circumstances sounds exciting,

  • you think equal opportunities is about helping everyone to fulfilment, affirming their abilities, race, religion, class, gender and culture,

  • you can bring commitment, determination, passion and integrity to your work and still see the funny side of things,

  • you can take responsibility for your own professional development and yet remain open to constructive advice and guidance,

  • you like working where you can support your peers and be supported by them,

… then come and learn to be a teacher at Canterbury Christ Church University.

If you are interested in University-based programmes, with a high proportion of face-to- face contact at the University, please click the following links:

If you are interested in home-based programmes, with a high proportion of distance learning and opportunities to manage time flexibly, please click the following links:

If you are interested in work-based programmes, with a high proportion of time spent working as an employee of a school, please click the following links:

PGCE Programmes Offered
Primary Age Range
Routes available
Primary  Full-time, part-time and modular
Primary MFL Full-time and part-time
7-14 Age Range
 
Design and Technology* Full-time
English  Full-time
Modern Foreign Languages Full-time
Geography Full-time
History Full-time
ICT Full-time
Mathematics Full-time
Music  Full-time
Religious Education Full-time
Science Full-time
11-18 Age Range
Art and Design Full-time
Citizenship Full-time
Design and Technology* Full-time
English with Drama and Media Education Full-time and Modular
Geography Full-time
History Full-time
ICT Full-time
Mathematics (11-18 full-time also offered in Essex) Full-time and Modular
Modern Foreign Languages Full-time
Modern Foreign Languages with Masters 1 Full-time
Music Full-time and Modular
Physical Education Full-time
Religious Education Full-time
Science (11-18 full-time also offered in Essex) Full-time
14-19 Age Range
Applied Business Studies Full-time
Creative and Media Full-time
Leisure and Tourism Full-time
Psychology Full-time
Society, Health and Development Full-time
Post Compulsory
Art and Design Full-time
Basic Skills Full-time
Business and Administration Full-time
Health and Care Full-time
Humanities and Social Science Full-time
Science and Technology Full-time
Sport, Leisure and Tourism Full-time
*Two pathways offered, the first in Product Design and the second in Food Technology

PGCE Open Days

There will be two PGCE open afternoons held during the year. They are for all PGCE subjects with the exception of 'general' Primary (Primary MFL will be available on each of the open events). The open afternoons start at 4.30pm (prompt) on the following days:

Thursday March 12th 2009
Thursday June 11th 2009

You will have the opportunity to find out about the PGCE programme and talk to subject tutors. Information about the application process, student finance and criminal records bureau clearance will also be available.

The events are run at the Canterbury Campus, travel details can be found here.

Who to Contact

If you have a query regarding applications/qualifications/interviews for any of the PGCE programmes above then please click here.

Enquiries about the Programme 

If you have an enquiry about a specific postgraduate initial teacher education programme, please contact the following:

Student Financial Support

PGCE Tuition Fee Information

Other Important Information

An offer of a place on a PGCE programme is made subject to a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check. The University will assist applicants in the process of gaining their CRB enhanced disclosure certificate and further details will be sent to applicants once they are invited to attend the University for an interview. The University requires that all those people who will be working unsupervised with children or vulnerable adults gain an enhanced disclosure certificate from the CRB before commencing their programme. It is also a requirement that applicants pro-actively engage with the CRB process completing forms promptly. A failure to engage with this process is likely to lead to the removal of an offer of a place.

When completing the application form applicants should advise the University of any convictions, cautions or bind overs that they have received – irrespective of when they received them or whether the applicant considers them to be ‘spent’ or of insufficient consequence to report them. If, before applying, an applicant would like advice as to whether a previous offence is likely to prevent their entry onto a particular course they are welcome to write in confidence to: Lorraine Symonds, Admissions Manager. The envelope should be marked ‘Private and Confidential’.

Applicants with convictions, cautions or who have been bound over are not automatically barred from studying on PGCE programmes. The University considers each applicant separately. What is important is that applicants are open with the University about their past.

Where an applicant declares a conviction, caution or bind over, the University makes an academic decision first. Once this has been completed, those offered a place will be asked to submit further information concerning their circumstances and then a decision is taken as to whether to confirm the offer.

Where an applicant fails to disclose information that subsequently comes to light through the CRB process, the applicant faces the likelihood of having their offer of a place withdrawn.

Non-UK residents must go through the CRB process when they commence their programme. It is expected that students from those countries where a further check can be made, will also go through this process. Further advice will be given to non-UK resident applicants at the time of being called for interview.

The University will not accept enhanced disclosure certificates issued elsewhere.

These procedures are operated at the time of writing. They may be amended to meet revised national requirements for 2008 entrants in due course.

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