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Postgraduate Certificate in Education (QTS) - Primary SEND (Taught)

  • PGCE
  • 38 Weeks
  • Full-time
  • 09/2026
  • Postgraduate
Edgbaston Campus
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Course summary

Empower your teaching journey with our specialist SEND programme. Gain exceptional training and support to inspire young minds in the 3-11 age range, through close partnerships with schools.

Our PGCE Primary Primary SEND (QTS) program ensures your professional growth, guiding you to make informed teaching decisions. Complete the course to pursue a part-time Masters in Teaching Studies.

Course highlights
We excel in teacher education by combining theoretical knowledge and practical experience in its PGCE Primary in SEND program, leading to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). This programme offers 80 credits towards further study, allowing graduates to pursue a Master's degree such as the MA in Teaching Studies. The integration of academic rigour and hands-on practice, along with the opportunity for advanced qualifications, makes the University of Birmingham a leader in teacher education.

  • Integrating educational research and policy with hands on classroom experience

  • Fostering reflective and critical practice

  • Diverse placement opportunities within our well-established network of partner schools.

  • High levels of support from our expert Primary PGCE tutor team.

  • Graduate with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), ready to be an agent of change in primary education

  • Ofsted (2024) said in their recent report 'Trainees are overwhelmingly positive about their experiences. Many trainees commented on how their personal tutors get to know them as individuals and genuinely care about their well-being'

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:

  • Secondary

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Edgbaston Campus

Study options

  • PGCE • Full-time • 38 Weeks

Start dates

  • 09/2026

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Entry requirements

All applicants to the PGCE Primary in SEND (QTS) must hold a degree from a UK Higher Education Institution. Normally, this should be a 2:2 or above (and this will be a condition of any offer where the degree is not already awarded).

You must also:

have GCSE Mathematics (Grade 4/C or Above) and English and Science (Grade 4/C or above) or equivalent qualifications, which will be a condition of any offer if not already achieved (equivalency tests will be accepted but only from equivalency testing);
complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before taking up a place;
complete relevant checks to ensure you have the health and physical capacity to teach;
agree to abide by the University of Birmingham Code of Professional Conduct and Fitness to Practise.

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

For more detailed information on available funding and fees for postgraduate courses please visit: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught/fees-funding

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