There will also be university courses piloted which will combine a physics degree with a teaching qualification, so that graduates could go directly into teaching without an additional year
of postgraduate teacher training.
REVISED THREE - YEAR TRAINING We have set out our ideal for a revised three ‑
year postgraduate teacher training route, fostering partnerships between schools, SCITTs and HEIs.
The teacher recruitment crisis affects the majority of subjects — six per cent of the 29,787
postgraduate teacher training places went unfilled last year with only history, English and physical education meeting or exceeding their target quotas.
A Department for Education spokesperson said: «These figures show an improving recruitment picture, with two per cent more people due to
start postgraduate teacher training than this time last year.
Prior to coming to the Bar, she returned to Cambridge University (Homerton College)
for postgraduate teacher training (PGCE) and worked for four years as a classroom teacher in Hackney and Islington.
She said teaching remained popular as a career, «with the highest numbers of people joining since 2008 and with 3 % more people due to start
postgraduate teacher training than this time last year».
«Far from the picture painted by the Labour Party, teaching remains a hugely popular profession with three per cent more people due to start
postgraduate teacher training than this time last year.»
Prepare for
your postgraduate teacher training interview with this list of typical questions, covering areas ranging from why you want to teach to your choice of degree subject.
Normally you will also require
a postgraduate teacher training qualification before you can start work.