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    PGCE One year full-time.

Masters Degree Description

​If you are a graduate with a passion for learning and an interest in a career in primary teaching, this course is for you. The PGCE Primary (3-11 Age Range) with QTS at Cardiff Met degree is a one-year course that leads to the award of qualified teacher status. The course aims to prepare student teachers to be highly skilled, confident, critically reflective and innovative practitioners who are committed to life-long professional learning and the education of young people.

The PGCE Primary (3-11 Age Range) with QTS is also available to study through the medium of Welsh, TAR Cynradd.

Entry Requirements

All applicants will be required to apply through UCAS by completing an online application form. Applications will then be assessed against the entry criteria for the relevant programme and applicants invited to attend an interview on the basis of this information.

All applicants should:  

  • Have a sound academic profile;
  • have the aptitude, capability, and resilience to meet the required QTS outcomes by the end of their ITE programme;
  • possess the appropriate personal and intellectual qualities to become excellent practitioners;
  • read effectively and be able to communicate clearly and accurately in spoken and written English and/or Welsh;
  • not have a criminal background which might prevent them working with children or vulnerable young people, or as an education practitioner; and have not previously been barred or excluded from teaching or working with learners (student teachers are required to arrange for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS));
  • demonstrate at the interview stage as having the appropriate personal functional skills in literacy, numeracy and digital competence applicable in a professional teaching and learning context;
  • demonstrate their suitability to become excellent teachers;
  • meet the requirements of the Welsh Government’s Education Health Standards (2004), confirming their health and physical capacity to undertake a teacher’s responsibilities.

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Fees

For fees and funding options, please visit website to find out more.

Programme Funding

A range of bursaries, scholarships, loans and grants are available. Please visit website to find out more.

Student Destinations

Successful completion of the programme will lead to recommendation to the Education Workforce Council for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and provides opportunities for employment at the primary level. Graduates can obtain work in schools across Wales, the UK and abroad.

Module Details

This year-long module contains 8 major aspects:

  • Core Studies
  • Professional and Pedagogical Studies
  • Areas of Learning and Experience
  • Cross-curricular Skills
  • Subject Studies
  • Welsh Language Development
  • Wellbeing, including Personal Development and Planning Clinical Practice
  • Research and Enquiry Support

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