Where are they now? Catching up with our former trainees in their NQT year It’s been a whirlwind! Since completing my PGCE year in June last year, so much has happenedand it’s almost surreal to find myself half way through my NQT year here at All Saints Catholic...
Congratulations to former PGCE Business Education trainee Paul Fair [2017/18] for arranging a visit to his business studies students from the Prime Minister, Theresa May.GCSE pupils from Years 10 and 11 had done some prior work around how Brexit may affect business...
I completed my PGCE in Business Education at Manchester University in summer 2018. The course was well structured and provided a rigorous training program that prepared me for a Head of Department role. I was lucky to get a placement at Macclesfield College where I...
I’m currently working at a high school in Greater Manchester teaching mainly Geography with some History and RE. I have got my own year 11 form who I’m getting to know through the pressure of their GCSEs and our form board is really starting to come together:I have a...
In 2010, I graduated from the University of Manchester with a PGCE in Design & Technology and was thrilled to get my first teaching job as a teacher in Construction, Design & Technology in Wythenshawe, Manchester. If you are not familiar with Manchester,...
I completed my PGCE during the summer of 2006. Throughout the year I had been particularly interested in the diversity of the learners in my different placement schools. The course was excellent and helped me to develop my pedagogy whilst the tutors and mentors...
The Secret Teacher writes for TES. Liam White doesn't - yet."Teaching this year has been intense, but I'm enjoying it. In particular, really enjoying most of the working relationships that have developed with most of my classes (one or two still make my heart sink a...
Thanks to everyone who supported our open evening for anyone interested in a career in teaching at the University of Manchester. Around 100 prospective trainees came to learn more about our Primary and Secondary PGCE routes. This was heavily publicised on Facebook as...
A Secondary PGCE Alumni Story: Craig Mairs, Principal of Oldham Hulme Grammar Schools Having completed my MA in English Literature and History in Edinburgh, I came to Manchester in 1995 to undertake my English PGCE at the University of Manchester School of Education....
I chose to take the Secondary PGCE having worked as a manager in the Civil Service for 3 years after graduating. Before going to university I had re-taken my A levels due to spectacularly underachieving. I went on to study economics at university and now teach at a...
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