Study Postgraduate Teacher Apprenticeship with QTS and PGCE at University of Buckingham in the UK, Psychology and Wellbeing

About this course

About this course
- Overview
- Department
Study options
Entry requirements
- International

What will I learn?

The University of Buckingham is one of the largest providers of the apprenticeship route to Qualified Teacher Status and optional PGCE. Our next cohorts will start in January 2026 and then September 2026. The course is free-of-charge because it is paid for by the apprenticeship levy. It is aimed at three groups: Schools wanting to find good teachers should appoint unqualified potential teachers with a good degree, allow them to work for you for a year and do the PGTA course and then extend their contract if they are good. Teaching assistants who have a degree, who work in schools and seem good potential teachers. This course will turn them into qualified teachers. Teachers in schools who need QTS. The apprenticeship-levy funded course allows schools to take on a teacher for 10 months at limited cost to the school.

Which department am I in?

Psychology and Wellbeing

Study options

Online/Distance with attendance (1 Year)

Tuition fees

Information not available

Start date

September 2026

Venue

Online

Hunter Street,

Buckingham,

Buckinghamshire,

MK18 1EG, England, United Kingdom

Online/Distance with attendance (1 Year)

Tuition fees

Information not available

Start date

September 2027

Venue

Online

Hunter Street,

Buckingham,

Buckinghamshire,

MK18 1EG, England, United Kingdom

Entry requirements

For international students

Have a UK degree Have lived in the UK for three years (exceptions can be made sometimes) For entry onto our apprenticeship you need English and Maths GCSE (and science if Prep or Primary). Equivalences are acceptable IF approved by the Department for Education, including overseas qualifications. You must be teaching your subject for a minimum of 13 hours per week across two consecutive key stages and 6 weeks at 80% of a typical timetable in your school. Your school cannot be rated Inadequate by Ofsted. You must be eligible to work in England as an unqualified teacher. You do not already have QTS but are working in a school in England.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.