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Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship (Secondary)

  • No award
  • 1 Years
  • Full-Time
  • 5 June 2028
  • Undergraduate
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Course summary

Overview
Get qualified as a teacher while you teach on this apprenticeship scheme. Developed with local council support, this course offers a direct route to qualified teacher status for teachers in Portsmouth, Hampshire and West Sussex.

You can follow an apprenticeship to become a teacher of Modern Foreign Languages, Maths, English, Geography, Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, or Biology. You'll need to have an unqualified teacher role in a Secondary school, or an offer of one, for the duration of your apprenticeship.

Recognition
Successful completion of this course will lead to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

Qualified teacher status (QTS)

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

  • Has qualified teacher status

Ways to study this course

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Study options

  • No award • Full-Time • 1 Years

Start dates

  • 5 June 2028

Application codes

Institution code:
P80
Campus name:
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University of Portsmouth has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

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Application codes

Institution code:
P80
Campus name:
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Entry requirements

A good honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject. A minimum of 2:1 is desirable although applicants with other qualifications or valuable experience will also be considered. All shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an interview. Applicants have to undertake a reading, writing, and discussion test/activity as part of the interview process. All offers are subject to Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance and Occupational Health clearance.

Additional entry requirements

Interview
All shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an interview.
Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) / Disclosure Scotland Check
All offers are subject to Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance and Occupational Health clearance.
Health Checks
All offers are subject to Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance and Occupational Health clearance.
Other
Applicants have to undertake a reading, writing, and discussion test/activity as part of the interview process.

English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)6.5English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.0.
PTE Academic65An overall score of 65 with a minimum of 62 in each skill.
TOEFL (iBT)9191 with a minimum of 20 in Reading, 19 in Listening, 21 in Speaking and 20 in Writing.
Cambridge English AdvancedCambridge English: Advanced (CAE) (taken after January 2015). An overall score of 176 with no component score less than 169.
Cambridge English ProficiencyCambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) (taken after January 2015). An overall score of 176 with no component score less than 169.
Trinity ISETrinity College Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Level III with a Pass in all 4 components.

Applicants whose first language is not English, and who do not have GCSE English language at grade C (Grade 4) or above, require the scores in any of the listed English Language tests.

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.

Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

This course may have Historical entry grades data available, please select a course option to view.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

Undergraduate fees for 2027 entry will be available shortly.

For more information about fees, go to https://www.port.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/undergraduate-fees-and-student-finance/tuition-fees-living-costs-and-other-study-costs

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