PGCE English with Drama (QTS)

Entry requirements

We welcome your application regardless of your background or experience.

For this course, ideally, we are looking for these qualifications:

• A 2:2 honours degree or above and two or more years of relevant experience

Graduate-level qualifications.

If you have relevant qualifications or work experience, we may be able to count this towards your entry requirements.

Your graduate-level qualification or degree subject should ideally be in English with a background in drama. For example, a Drama A Level or experience of using drama in work-based settings.

If this is not the case, you’ll need to prove your subject knowledge in some other way. You may be asked to complete Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) training prior to starting the course.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Language is at the heart of everything we do. It sustains thought, it provides clarity of instruction and it develops community. As an excellent communicator, this is your chance to strengthen young people’s English skills through writing, reading, and spoken language. Whether chairing a lively debate, navigating a class through a complex Shakespeare extract, or developing authentic writing for real audiences, you will become an inspiring influence for all pupils.

On the PGCE English with Drama (QTS) course, we are passionate about language and literature in all its forms. We will equip you with the skills and experience necessary to both educate and inspire secondary English and drama pupils. In English, you will explore language, literature, expression and the role of communication. In drama, you will learn how to engage pupils through both the practical and theoretical nature of lessons.

Our ambitious curriculum has fully embedded the Core Content Framework for Initial Teacher Training to develop strong English subject knowledge and pedagogy – with the additional experience of teaching drama at KS3. Through interactive workshops, tutorials and seminars this one-year full-time course enables you to meet the national Teachers’ Standards for the award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) with English as the main subject and drama as a second subject area.

This is an alternative pathway for training teachers who wish to teach both English and Drama. If you are interested in doing one subject in isolation read more about PGCE Drama (QTS).

What you will gain

By joining us on this course, you'll have the opportunity to:

• Learn from experienced tutors who are subject specialists in their field, as well as other experts in our partner schools
• Explore English and drama pathway sessions which are varied, engaging and offer both theoretical and practical approaches to teaching English and drama in the secondary classroom
• Take advantage of the excellent Professional Studies offered at Middlesex University.

You'll also gain an understanding of English across all key stages and Drama in Key Stage 3 (KS3) including:

• Teaching literature
• Learning theory and cognitive science
• Promoting effective reading strategies
• Supporting and developing writing
• Spoken language
• Creative approaches to English teaching
• Theatre practitioners
• Physical theatre
• Stimulus and devising

Fees and funding