PGCE 2014 Applications (NOT FOR SPECIFIC INTERVIEW TASK DISCUSSIONS)

Are you at uni? I've managed to get a placement in a school through uni. Also, I did a placement in my old primary school. I think you should keep emailing around, or phone them. I must have emailed about 10 schools and only one got back to me and said I could volunteer so I managed to get some work experience in June there. But if I wasn't getting a placement through uni now, I would struggle


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Which department did you contact in order to get your placement?

Which department did you contact in order to get your placement?

Is there a volunteering department? I got a placement through volunteering who had contacts with loads of schools and then one off things such as helping with school children who visited the uni and other stuff it's worth a try.

Which department did you contact in order to get your placement?

Is there a volunteering department? I got a placement through volunteering who had contacts with loads of schools and then one off things such as helping with school children who visited the uni and other stuff it's worth a try.

How many choices do we get this year? Is it three? And when can we officially apply?


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For the personal statement how have people structured it?

Hi,

How is everyone checking that the personal statement is the right length as lots of past people have said when you copy it from Word to the application it all changes? Can we not apply until 1st Nov?

Who is everyone using for their references? I am currently a TA so guessing the school would be one?

Thanks!

Does anyone know if taking a leave of absence would be harmful to my application? Due to illness it is looking that I'll have to take leave and apply next year instead sadly. It would be pretty harsh for a uni to judge on that but I thought I'd ask because some unis can be weird haha.


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Does anyone know if taking a leave of absence would be harmful to my application? Due to illness it is looking that I'll have to take leave and apply next year instead sadly. It would be pretty harsh for a uni to judge on that but I thought I'd ask because some unis can be weird haha.


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As long as you are fully recovered by the time you start the pgce it will be fine. You will need to fill out a 'fitness to teach' form as a condition of your offer which is assessed by occupational health and any issues will be worked out with them.

So even though I'd gone back to uni and completed a my final year (my uni make us get medically checked before going back too), I'd have to be checked again?

Surely doing all that type of thing would put unis off me :/

It's a requirement that all trainees have to pass for every ITT course. It won't just be because you've take a year out. It is usually just a case of filling out a form with your medical history and they assess whether you need to meet with an OT or whether to pass you on the basis of what you've put down. Sorry if that was unclear.