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PGCE Primary with Lead Programme Partners will train you to teach children aged 5 to 11 and gain recommendation for Qualified Teacher Status. You will develop the practical training, subject knowledge and professional understanding needed to become a primary school teacher.

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

This means that Lead Programme Partners deliver agreed parts of the University’s PGCE curriculum, including National Curriculum subjects and professional studies. Training takes place across school locations within the three alliances, with delivery shared between partners so trainees benefit from specialist expertise in each subject area.

You will spend significant time in school, with all your teaching placements arranged through your Lead Programme Partner alliance. 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 91Ö±²¥ to offer this collaborative LPP partnership 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. The University remain the accrediting provider for the PGCE with QTS qualification and therefore ratify all outcomes at exam board.

• We work with three different across Greater 91Ö±²¥, giving you access to school-based training and expertise within a local partnership network
• 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 91Ö±²¥ 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.