Course summary
Great teachers make a difference to the lives of every child they teach everyday. Crucially, they have the knowledge, skills and understanding to teach excellent lessons - that have a positive impact on all pupils. The 3-7 Primary PGCE has been designed to enable you to become a primary teacher with an early years specialism. By developing your knowledge and understanding of research, with an unrelenting focus on what makes a difference in the classroom, you will develop a strong theoretical framework to your practice. Your practice, refined both on-campus and on-placement, will draw directly on this research. When you train to teach at Oxford Brookes, you will join a course whose graduates inspire thousands of children and lead in hundreds of schools across Oxfordshire and beyond. School leaders know our graduates are well-prepared to meet the high standards expected of them in our schools, with a broad range of on-campus and on-placement teaching and learning preparing them to make a difference in the lives of every child they teach, every day.
Modules
Compulsory modules Introduction to Professional Learning (20 credits) Key Issues in Learning and Teaching (20 credits) Becoming an Early Career Teacher (20 credits) Professional Practice English 3-7 Mathematics 3-7 Science 3-7 Arts and Humanities 3-7 PE and Computing 3-7 Compulsory modules School based curriculum 1 This is the first of your three school based placements. Your placements will be in Nursery, Reception and Key Stage One classroom based in one of the University’s partnership schools. For the first placement you will focus on developing:
- Teacher presence
- Climate for learning
- Planning using an ‘I, we, you’ model.
- Explicit modelling
- Professionalism.
- Questioning skills
- Lesson design to include explicit modelling and scaffolding.
- Adaptive teaching to provide support and challenge
- Planning strong retrieval practice.
- Anticipating misconceptions
- Planning for and working with other adults.
- Retrieval practice
- Questioning for purpose
- Planning and teaching sequences of learning.
- Planning intelligent practice
- Responsive and adaptive teaching.
- Assessment to inform your teaching.
- Verbal and written feedback
Assessment method
All academic modules are rigorously assessed, mostly by written assignments. When you are on your School Based Training you'll adhere to the School Based Curriculum which addresses the Core Content Framework. Your assessment is based on:
- coursework
- assignments
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:
- Primary
How to apply
International applicants
Please see the University's standard English language requirements.
Entry requirements
GCSE: GCSEs or equivalents: achieve a standard of grade 4 or higher in English, Mathematics and Science (Science with Chemistry, Science with Physics, Science with Biology). - A recognised UK degree, or degree equivalent, normally at second class honours. - Additional DBS and Health teaching checks are completed prior to your enrolment. Once you have accepted an offer from Oxford Brookes you will notified to complete your Health and DBS checks preceding your enrolment; you will receive your DBS notification by email in May.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £9250 | Year 1 |
| EU | £16600 | Year 1 |
| International | £16600 | Year 1 |
Additional fee information
Fees quoted are for the first year only. If you are studying a course that lasts longer than one year, your fees will increase each year.
Provider information
Oxford Brookes University
Gipsy Lane
Headington
Oxford
OX3 0BP