How to get into education policy?

Are you thinking about a masters/PhD at all?

I’ve always wanted to work in research in early years and primary education, but haven’t a clue where to start. I asked my uni careers advice and they don’t know either. Do you think it’s worth doing a PGCE for the first-hand experience of teaching? Also, what kinds of jobs even are out there in primary education policy?

Thanks everyone

Personally I think unless you have direct classroom experience it would be extremely hard to understand the policy behind it. I know it’s not the same but every head I’ve worked under has loads and loads of classroom experience in every year group.

I’m not saying you have to but the reality of classroom teaching is extremely different to how it is presented in the media and on the internet.

As a teacher those are just my thoughts. From my own perspective small scale of developing policy for school I don’t think there’s any way you could understand well without the experience.

On the flip side it might be a waste of teacher training if you were not going to stay in teaching. But then it’s never a waste I have QTS and I am retraining for school chaplaincy.

Personally I think unless you have direct classroom experience it would be extremely hard to understand the policy behind it. I know it’s not the same but every head I’ve worked under has loads and loads of classroom experience in every year group.

I’m not saying you have to but the reality of classroom teaching is extremely different to how it is presented in the media and on the internet.

As a teacher those are just my thoughts. From my own perspective small scale of developing policy for school I don’t think there’s any way you could understand well without the experience.

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I’ve always wanted to work in research in early years and primary education, but haven’t a clue where to start. I asked my uni careers advice and they don’t know either. Do you think it’s worth doing a PGCE for the first-hand experience of teaching? Also, what kinds of jobs even are out there in primary education policy?

Thanks everyone