Overview

On our secondary PGCE degrees - which were rated 'Outstanding' in Ofsted's latest review - you'll gain the skills and confidence you need to become an outstanding secondary school teacher.

On each of these teacher training degrees, you'll be supported by our tutors and school-based mentors as you learn to plan and deliver lessons with strong subject knowledge, confidence and imagination, while reflecting on what it means to teach at secondary level. You can study full time over one year, or part time over two.

Career development

After you graduate this Physical Education course offered at University of Portsmouth, you'll be ready to start your teaching career on a minimum starting salary of £30,000, depending on where you teach in the UK. Over 90 per cent of Portsmouth PGCE graduates go into full-time teaching. 

A PGCE, or Postgraduate Certificate in Education, is a teaching qualification recognised all over the world, so you'll also be able to teach overseas too, such as in Australia, Canada and the USA.

Once you're an established secondary teacher, you'll also have opportunities for further career progression in roles including Year Head and Subject Lead.

You could also go on to further study - this secondary PGCE will earn you 60 postgraduate credits you could put towards a full Master's degree (worth 180 credits) in the future, such as our MA Education Studies.