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Introduction:

This course is ideal for students who want to develop their Chemistry knowledge as well as gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) which will allow them to teach in a secondary educational environment. Students on this course will be supported to become a confident and competent secondary school teacher who can enable children to learn effectively in a chosen subject specialism.

Professional accreditation

We are accredited by the UK Government's Department for Education as a provider of initial teacher-training courses. Successful completion of the course leads to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). This means you can be employed as a Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) in a school to complete your induction year.

How will I study?

You’ll experience both university-based training and secondary professional practice. Although these two contexts are physically different, the learning and teaching strategies overlap and allow for an integration of subject knowledge, pedagogical theory and practice. The courses consist of a range of teaching and learning activities to support you with appropriate opportunities to succeed. Course tutors recognise their responsibility to provide timely, relevant, engaging and appropriate content and resources to support this.

To ensure your progress, inclusive teaching and learning approaches are used which involve staff in providing teaching which meets individual needs. Over the three years, we expect you to move towards more independent learning, to set your own development targets, and to draw on others’ expertise to support you in meeting these targets.

How will I be assessed?

A range of different assessment tasks across the modules provides you with the opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding and skills, qualities and attributes.

Who will teach me?

Subject specific modules in Year One and Year Two, will be delivered by subject specific lecturers in other departments in the university. For example, staff members from the School of Science and Technology will deliver the Year One and Year Two Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Computing modules; English staff within the School of Arts and Humanities will deliver the Year One and Year Two English subject modules.

The third year of the course will be taught alongside postgraduate Secondary Education courses. These are one-year initial teacher training courses where the students achieve an academic award and a recommendation of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). The five Education modules (one in the second year and four in the third year) will be delivered by the Secondary Education team.

Excellent placement opportunities

A particular feature of the course is the work-based placements in Year Two and Three. The Year Two education module will include a placement in an educational environment where Key Stage 3 and/or 4 is taught. This might be in a secondary school, a college of Further Education, or a sixth form college (where students are studying for GCSE resits). During this placement you will not only develop your teaching skills but will also gain an awareness of the professional attributes required of a qualified teacher, preparing you to enter the final year of study, whereby you will be required to take on the role of a professional teacher during two further placements.