Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)
The PGCE Primary and Early Years course is a 1-year course leading to a Postgraduate Certificate in Education with Qualified Teacher Status. Associate Teachers choose to specialise in age phases 3-7 or 5-11, qualifying them to teach in primary schools and early years settings. All information is included in the PGCE Primary and Early Years Course Handbook 2024-25
Professional and Placement Mentors in school play an essential role in engaging Associate Teachers in critical analysis of the application of their learning and in providing focused feedback on their classroom practice.
School Based Training
School Mentor Briefings
You can access one of the two synchronous school mentor briefings below by clicking on the relevant MS Teams link. These meetings will give you and understanding of the BCU ITE Curriculum and how to use Phase documents for School Based Training 1, 2 or 3. A recording and copy of the PowerPoint for the relevant SBT briefing, will be available following the second meeting.
ITE Curriculum
The elements of our ITE Curriculum is explored on individual course partnership pages on this area of the website. We launched our ambitious ITE Curriculum within the our ITE Partnership in October 2021.
We also have collaborative agreements with a number of organisations across the region to deliver courses.
