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Congratulations on your offer of a place on one of our PGCE (QTS) Initial Teacher Education programmes! This marks the beginning of your rewarding journey into teaching.

  • Conditions of your offer

    Conditions of your offer can be found on your offer letter, which is also available on your university portal account. Please ensure these conditions are met as soon as possible to facilitate your registration and ensure a smooth start to the course.

    In addition, if you have not already completed the Suitability to Teach condition please complete the online form below.

    Suitability to Teach form

Sometimes it is easy to forget the impact you are having on these children’s lives. You become a role model to your students and can have such a positive impact on their lives without even realising, whether that be academically, socially or emotionally. Teaching is more than just teaching lessons.

Olivia Welch
PGDipEd in Primary Education.

  • Accept your offer

    To secure your place at Birmingham, you must respond to your offer by the date stated in your offer letter. This deadline refers to your acceptance of the offer, not the fulfilment of conditions. To respond to the offer, you need to inform the DfE of your decision through the DfE Gateway service.

    What to do next

Our Education Support Office team will be in touch regularly over the coming months to guide you through meeting your conditions, securing your unconditional offer, and completing your registration for the course ahead of your September start.

If you have any questions about the course or admissions process, please feel free to reach out to us anytime at iteadmissions@contacts.bham.ac.uk. We’ll also be sharing some pre-course learning resources soon to help you get ready for the programme—stay tuned for more details!

The information below highlights why the School of Education and our Teacher Training suite of courses are excellent choices, providing you with the knowledge to make an informed decision about your studies.

Why choose the School of Education

  • Dedicated teacher training support from offer through to graduation
  • Placements within local West Midlands schools
  • High employability rates of our graduates
  • Supportive network of practitioners
  • Peer to peer engagement encouraged
  • A blend of University on campus and in School experience
  • Opportunity to continue studying to Masters level
  • Subject level experts – with teaching experience
  • Alumni opportunities – remain a part of our community 

Meet local school teacher Alice

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I began my Undergraduate Degree in 2017 at the University of Birmingham, and I was studying Education and Sociology.

Through my placements during that degree, I decided that teaching was something I was interested in, so I began my teaching course at the University of Birmingham and graduated in 2021.

So the highlights of the course for me were having the opportunity to have two different placements and alongside that also having weekly tutor group sessions, so I could get in touch with people that were teaching at other schools and having different experiences in different year groups.

We had two placements. So my first placement was in an EYFS setting. My second placement was a contrast in placement, so I was in a Year One setting and felt much more comfortable with those children, so Primary became my choice from there.

The course offered lots and lots of opportunities for CPD, which is Continued Professional Development. So that meant that in my spare time, during self-directed study, I was able to get extra qualifications along the side, which proved really helpful in times of going to my interviews and obtaining my position now.

I also had a tutor who helped me with my personal statement and did interview prep with me, which is really useful.

If someone was considering teacher training at the University of Birmingham, I would say absolutely do it. The course is fantastic. The team are so supportive. Our Lecturers are subject experts and the pastoral care is fantastic.

What excites me the most is the opportunity to be a positive role model for these children. I just think the School community in particular is such a lovely thing to be part of. Meeting so many different children every single day. So obviously, I've got my class in particular, but I like to think I know most of the children across the school, so it means that your day is never the same and you bump into new people every single day.

I think teaching can be an incredibly rewarding and sustainable career, and something that I see myself doing for long into the future.

Funding your Teacher Training studies

The Department for Education (DfE) offers a variety of funding opportunities to support your postgraduate studies, acknowledging the significant financial commitment involved in further education. Click below to explore the available funding options.

Explore financial support options

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