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PGCE with Psychology degree?

I am thinking of taking a Psychology degree next year and may want to do a PGCE afterwards. Would I still have a good chance of getting into a PGCE Primary or PGCE Middle School years one? I have seen a middle school years one at Bath specialising in English that states you can do it if you have the right A Levels (I have English Literature at grade B and History at grade C) and may not need 50% of a degree in English. Would I have a good chance of getting in with a Psychology degree??
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I am thinking of taking a Psychology degree next year and may want to do a PGCE afterwards. Would I still have a good chance of getting into a PGCE Primary or PGCE Middle School years one? I have seen a middle school years one at Bath specialising in English that states you can do it if you have the right A Levels (I have English Literature at grade B and History at grade C) and may not need 50% of a degree in English. Would I have a good chance of getting in with a Psychology degree??


A lot of people with a psychology degree enter into primary school teaching. You're correct in stating you can still do a Secondary PGCE even if 50% of your degree is not relevant. Don't forget you can do Subject Enhancement Courses at a lot of universities if your degree is not relevant, unis offer this in Maths, English, Science not sure about the others? I have a Psychology degree I am applying for a Social Science PGCE.
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Oh that is good, if I wanted to do teaching I would want to specialise in English for middle school teaching or do primary school teaching :smile:

Exeter for Primary PGCE specialising in English would accept English A Level but Bath for the middle school years would prefer a year of higher education in English does this include the subject enhancement courses?
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Oh that is good, if I wanted to do teaching I would want to specialise in English for middle school teaching or do primary school teaching :smile:

Exeter for Primary PGCE specialising in English would accept English A Level but Bath for the middle school years would prefer a year of higher education in English does this include the subject enhancement courses?


Both entry requirements state degree must be relevant:

For Exeter:
http://education.exeter.ac.uk/pages.php?id=128

Bath:

http://search.gttr.ac.uk/cgi-bin/hsrun.hse/General/gttr_search/StateId/DuJkIGzO2X3IQwimbQ51KcIgD1QdG-VdKc/HAHTpage/gttr_search.HsProfile_Txt.run?type=ENTRY#1

I'd say query with the universities direct. These are the subject enhancement courses I was talking about:
http://www.tda.gov.uk/Recruit/thetrainingprocess/pretrainingcourses/enhancement_short.aspx

Just found this post:

http://community.tes.co.uk/forums/t/347623.aspx

A Psychology graduate got on the Primary PGCE Exeter English course...so shouldn't be a problem :smile:
I'm on a primary PGCE at the moment after having done a psychology degree. It's important to make sure you have some experience in schools. I then wrote about essay writing, data analysis and the fact that the degree is scientific when it came to the PS :smile:

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