Our friendly, inclusive and world-renowned Education department looks forward to welcoming you to this Russell Group University to become an effective teacher, studying in a vibrant city. We offer a nurturing environment and dedicated support to help you to develop your skills and practice. You will spend two-thirds of the course on school placements ensuring you have a deep understanding of research-informed practice.

We work in close partnership with a wide number of diverse local and regional schools, in both the state and independent sector. All of our partnership schools have expertly trained, welcoming mentors who, working in collaboration with University staff (who all have QTS), are able to offer you bespoke training and support.

Each beginning teacher is supported by expert subject or age specialist supervisors throughout the PGCE, who provide one-to-one academic and professional advice, mentoring and guidance. Beginning teachers also benefit from the advice and support of practising teachers who will be involved in your assessment and in overseeing your progression through the PGCE.

  • We are a Russell Group University acclaimed internationally for excellence and expertise in Education Research – Education, University of York.
  • We hold the Gold Standard for Teaching. A gold rating means that teaching is of the highest quality and is consistently outstanding.
  • We are nationally recognised for the outstanding leadership and management of our professional programme by Ofsted (2024).
  • The programme is delivered by an award winning PGCE team (Vice Chancellor’s Teaching Award).
  • Our Early Career Teachers are highly sought after by schools in the region and nationally resulting in high employment rates.
  • Being independent, we offer you the opportunity to experience and critically evaluate a range of approaches to teaching and learning to underpin, enhance and develop your own professional identity.
  • Sustainability of teaching as a career is at the heart of our programme, we welcome applications from graduates, mature students and career changers, and international students.

“… all aspects of trainees’ practice are informed by high-quality research and supported by high-quality teaching. Trainees gain an extremely strong grounding in pedagogy and in their own subjects. The incisive subject-specific input that trainees experience prepares them extremely well to teach their subjects.”

Ofsted 2024

Locations covered

Locations stretch from:

  • Middlesbrough in the North to
  • Scarborough in the East to
  • Keighley/Bradford in the West to
  • Doncaster in the south and
  • many North, South and East Yorkshire locations in between

Courses

Routes

PGCE with Qualified Teacher Status.

Website

https://www.york.ac.uk/education/pgce/

Lead Partner Information

The University also provides a Lead Partner ITE course with the Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust.
This is a blend of training at the university and in trust schools with localised contextualisation.
Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust: https://npcat.org.uk/initial-teacher-education/