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Secondary PGCE

30 replies

olympicfan · 11/03/2023 08:03

Has anyone's DC applied to do one for Sept 23? The tax-free bursaries are very generous this year.

Subject Bursary
Biology £20,000
Chemistry £27,000
Computing £27,000
Design and technology £20,000
English £15,000
Geography £25,000
Languages
(French, German and Spanish only) £25,000
Languages
(all other languages, including ancient languages) £25,000
Maths £27,000
Physics £27,000

DC is wondering whether to do the PGCE via a local SCITT course which is validated by the University of Greenwich/University of Suffolk or do it via the regular route at a top university such as Cambridge or UCL.

Do schools look where the PGCE was obtained or just where the UG was from and the grade?

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Postapocalypticcowgirl · 12/03/2023 12:05

noblegiraffe · 12/03/2023 09:46

SCITT seems the best way to go. They are planning a post-university gap year, so career thoughts might change.

Fee-funded SCITT is being scrapped as a training route from Sept 2024.

schoolsweek.co.uk/teacher-training-dfe-to-scrap-school-direct-fee-funded-route/

They really are trying to force people into their apprenticeship routes, aren't they?

And if those aren't successful, or have a low take up...

noblegiraffe · 12/03/2023 12:08

Just like scrapping BTECs to make people take T-levels.

TizerorFizz · 12/03/2023 14:10

And who really wants T levels as they are at present if you want a higher earning career? I cannot see what’s wrong with a decent uni pgce though. Preferably in an area with lots of good schools and high achieving Dc who want to learn. Unless you prefer an even bigger challenge!

Postapocalypticcowgirl · 12/03/2023 16:29

TizerorFizz · 12/03/2023 14:10

And who really wants T levels as they are at present if you want a higher earning career? I cannot see what’s wrong with a decent uni pgce though. Preferably in an area with lots of good schools and high achieving Dc who want to learn. Unless you prefer an even bigger challenge!

Tbf, some people don't live in areas with a uni based PGCE and even less will in 2024.

TizerorFizz · 12/03/2023 16:55

Yes. But you don’t have to stay at home.

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