Anyone quit PGCE then re-done it later?

[Gemmy96]

I quit my PGCE earlier this year due to mental health issues. I've been working in a really, really low stress job since, but I genuinely enjoyed the teaching part of teaching and now I'm wanting to apply for another PGCE. This would be part time, as I don't think I could cope with full time, and I'd probably continue to work where I am now for one or two days a week. Anybody gone back to a PGCE? Was it significantly more difficult to "prove yourself" and pass the interview? Was any funding available? Thank you

Honestly, if you find a full time pgce hard then I think teaching will be hard full stop. It's not a career i'd advise anyone susceptible to stress to take on anymore and the first few years after a pgce are even tougher.

If you like the teaching aspect why not look at training jobs, student support jobs or nursery / family worker jobs? I don't mean to be discouraging; I just know very, very many experienced teachers who are finding it mentally tough at the moment, me included.

Hi,
I started a salaried SCITT course, found it wasn’t the right for me at all. Lots of things that weren’t right, the course, the placement, mentors etc… I deferred my course after a really short amount of time. The criteria changed for that course and I wasn’t eligible to continue. I quit and spent the rest of the academic year volunteering. I restarted my SCITT course (tuition based) and had a completely different experience. I loved my placements and made good progress. Covid meant I couldn’t continue to my third placement but the SCITT provider continued online daily training and mentoring. I qualified and spent a year doing supply to get more experience, it lead to a long term supply placement which lead to an interview and part time teacher job. So it is possible to quit and restart, it’s not easy.
I wouldn’t recommend a part time course, teacher training and then teaching itself is full on, even working part time I find that all my spare time is spent planning and reviewing and researching etc…
Whatever you decide to do, be honest with your training provider and placements, they need to be able to support you and your mental health issues.