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PGCE Secondary Science (Physics) with Qualified Teacher Status

UK

What will I learn?

Course summary

  • Gain hands-on experience with 120 days of school-based training.
  • Benefit from a supportive, collaborative environment that produces exceptional teachers.
  • Attain a masters-level PGCE or a PCE Â鶹ԭ´´ Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
  • Prepare for work on a course with a 90% employment record and bursaries available.

This course ensures that you're fully prepared for a career in teaching secondary physics. We help you to grow academically and professionally, gaining advanced qualifications Â鶹ԭ´´ practical training. You'll graduate as an experienced and employable physics teacher, ready to inspire and impart your enthusiasm.

How you learn

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

This course provides an advanced academic qualification Â鶹ԭ´´ the real-world experience that is so vital for teaching. Along with honing your physics skills, you'll learn crucial techniques in behaviour management and student support. There are 120 days of school-based training that allow you to become used to the realities of teaching before graduation. You are assessed through supportive, collaborative means, helping you to grow and improve.

You learn through

  • 120 days of school-based training across at least two settings
  • seminars
  • workshops
  • lectures
  • observation
  • collaborative planning
  • one-to-one sessions
  • group work
  • practical work
  • independent study
  • written assessments

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in

  • teaching Key Stage 3, 4 or 5 physics
  • academic careers as researcher via Masters level study and PhD
  • local authority/voluntary sector work or research
  • non-government organisation (NGO) administrative and research posts
  • enrichment work with young people
  • more general graduate careers including, for example, retail management and the civil service

Many of our students go on into full-time positions at their placement school. The course is vocational in nature, and our graduate employment rate is usually well in excess of 90%.

Which department am I in?

Sheffield Hallam University

Study options

Full Time (1 year)

Tuition fees
£17,205.00 (18,74,591) per year
This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please

Application deadline

Expected August 2025

Start date

September 2025

Venue

Sheffield Hallam University

City Campus,

Howard Street,

Sheffield,

S1 1WB, NORTHERN ENGLAND, England

Entry requirements

For international students

An honours degree (normally 2.2 or above) or equivalent which includes substantial elements of physics. Normally GCSE grade C or Grade 4 in English Language and mathematics, or equivalent. Where applicants have achieved a GCSE grade 4 or above in English literature only, we will look for further evidence of a breadth of achievement in English. We will consider applicants who are in the process of obtaining the relevant GCSEs. If English is not your first language you must have an IELTS score of 7.0 with a minimum of 6.5 in all skills or equivalent.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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About Sheffield Hallam University

Sheffield Hallam has been awarded Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework 2023 for outstanding support for student success and progression.

  • Awarded Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)
  • One of the most affordable places to live in the UK
  • University of the Year at the 2022 Educate North Awards
  • Three brand new buildings opening in the next year