Entry Requirements For This Course
Entry Criteria
For the September 2015 entry you will need a B grade at GCSE in English and Mathematics and if you intend to follow your course through the medium of Welsh, a C grade in Welsh.
If you hold a C grade in GCSE English Language or Mathematics and are successful in other aspects of the selection process you will be given the opportunity to sit the equivalency test. If you are successful and you accept your place to study with us then you can start your programme as planned. Attendance at the workshops prior to the test is a compulsory part of the equivalency testing programme.
For further information please contact PGCE secondary admin: 01792 482111 at S_PGCE@uwtsd.ac.uk
Good GCSE and A level qualifications related to your subject area are generally expected. The normal minimum entry requirement to the programme is a second class honours degree in one of the subject areas offered by the programme or in a strongly cognate discipline. Level 'equivalent' qualifications such as Btec advanced will also be taken into account. Details of particular subject entry requirements can be obtained by contacting the tutor named below.
If accepted onto our course, you will be required to obtain a clear enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service - formerly known as CRB, Criminal Records Bureau) clearance check as soon as possible.
If you are offered an interview, it would be advantageous to have gained some work experience at a secondary school as a means to gain an understanding of the role of a teacher in your subject area and understand the demands that would face you in your chosen career. Recent and relevant experience of working with young people is highly desirable and could include working as a Learning Support Assistant, working in a Pupil Referral Unit, planning and delivering workshops in a school or Youth Club, working as an Artist-In-Residence, doing voluntary work in an Art Department, etc.
The PGCE Secondary programme has a well-established link with the CANTEACH programme that supports and facilitates Canadian graduates' application to the PGCE Secondary programme.