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Secondary in History (Lead School Partner Route) PGCE with QTS

UK

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What will I learn?

In conjunction with Secondary Lead School partners, the University of Chester offer History (11-16 with sixth form enhancement) as a subject specialism leading to the award PGCE with QTS. Teaching is an extremely rewarding and challenging career. Our course is designed to provide you with the knowledge, understanding and skills that you need to be an outstanding teacher. We aim to nurture teachers who are passionate about the development of their own and their pupils' learning.During the course, you will learn how to encourage young peoples understanding of History through your subject specialism. The course is intended to produce Secondary History teachers who are reflective practitioners and who will be: enthusiastic and confident in the classroom pedagogically skilful and adaptable specialists in the teaching of history aware of how young people learn history able to see their subject in the context of the whole curriculum competent in a number of areas that cross Secondary school curriculum boundaries and see History in the wider context, contributing  to pupils' personal, social, moral, spiritual and cultural development able to work as part of a team.

Which department am I in?

Education

Study options

Full Time (1 Year)

Tuition fees
£14,450.00 (15,74,417) per year
The cost of studying in the UK (for one academic year) is currently set at £9,135

This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please

Start date

September 2025

Venue

Exton Park (Parkgate Road) Campus

Parkgate Road,

Chester,

Cheshire,

CH1 4BJ, England, United Kingdom

Entry requirements

For international students


Applicants will normally:

Hold or be expected to gain a minimum of a 2:2 honours degree
Have GCSE grade C/grade 4 in English and Mathematics

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

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About University of Chester

The University of Chester is a vibrant, diverse, and supportive student community made up of 14,000 students from over 100 countries worldwide.

  • Over 200 bachelor’s and master’s degrees
  • International and merit-based scholarships available
  • High graduate employment rate of 91.5 percent
  • A top 10 university for international students (WhatUni 2023)