The PGCE courses at the University are of high quality as evidenced by external and internal quality assurance systems. The courses are well established, very popular and have excellent retention and employment rates.

The University of Birmingham has been at the forefront of the development of Level M PGCE courses.

The Primary PGCE consistently features as one of the top ten primary courses in tables formed by data gathered from the TDA Performance Profiles.

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PGCE programmes are available for full-time study (normally of one year duration) in the following areas:

Primary Courses are available (2008/09) for:

• Early Years, preparing you for teaching in the Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 (3 to 7 year-olds) and
• General Primary, preparing for teaching in Key Stages 1 and 2 (5 to 11 year-olds).

Secondary Subject Courses for teaching 11 to 18 year-olds are available in the following subject areas:

• English  (closed for 2008/09)
• Geography  (closed for 2008/09)
• History and Citizenship   (closed for 2008/09)
• Mathematics (recruiting for 2008/09)
• Mathematics (2 year course) (recruiting for 2008/09)
• Modern Foreign Languages  (recruiting for 2008/09)
• Physical Education  (closed for 2008/09)
• Religious Education   (closed for 2008/09)
• Science - Biology   (closed for 2008/09)
• Science - Chemistry  (recruiting for 2008/09)
• Science - Physics (recruiting for 2008/09)

For more information about the individual courses please use the site navigation links above or to the left of this area.

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Equal Opportunities

The School of Education is committed to equal opportunities in the access to and provision of education. For more information please see the following documents:

• School Mission Statement [pdf file]
• School Equal Opportunities Policy [pdf file]
• Disability: http://www.sscs.bham.ac.uk/disability
• Race Equality: http://www.punit.bham.ac.uk/polandproc/raceequality.htm