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STUDY
Postgraduate Certificate in Education - PGCE (Norfolk Essex Suffolk Secondary NESTT)
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| Institution code: | S82 |
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| UCAS code: | NA |
| Start date: | September 2025 |
| Duration: | One year full-time |
| Location: | School-based |
| Typical Offer: | Qualifications and management experience will be considered on an individual basis. |
| Institution code: | S82 |
|---|---|
| UCAS code: | NA |
| Start date: | September 2025 |
| Duration: | One year full-time |
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| Location: | School-based |
| Typical Offer: | Qualifications and management experience will be considered on an individual basis. |
Overview
The Norfolk Essex Suffolk School Centred Initial Teaching Training programmes for Secondary teachers aim to bring together the very best of school centred and academic training to produce competent and confident Newly Qualified Teachers who consider and reflect upon the purposes of education, as well as having high levels of knowledge, understanding and skills in the learning and teaching of young people.
The Norfolk Essex Suffolk Secondary NESTT offers both Salaried and Tuition training routes. Both Secondary NESTT programmes are designed to facilitate maximum experiential learning. Trainees on the courses specialise in either Key Stages 3 and 4 or Key Stages 4 and 5. On successful completion of the course, all Tuition trainees will gain QTS and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education and be qualified to teach across the secondary range. Salaried trainees all gain QTS and have the choice of gaining a Postgraduate Certificate in Education.
Secondary Specialisms
We offer all of the subjects listed underneath:
- Art and Design; Biology; Business Studies; Chemistry; Computer Science; Design and Technology; Drama; English; Geography; History; Languages (French, German, Spanish), Mathematics, Music, Physics, Physical Education; Sociology; Religious Education
- Many subjects are available as specialisms in the age range of 11-16 or 14-19.
- A two-year part-time course is available in many secondary subjects
- A five-term part time course is also available starting in September of Year 1 and completing at Easter of Year 2. (Tuition route only)
Course Modules
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
A range of assessment techniques is used, including the trainee’s continuing professional development record, practice files, assignments, portfolio of evidence and lesson observations
Good practice is shared and discussed, particularly the need for tutors to model the expected future styles of the trainees. Tutors employ a range of learning and teaching strategies. The trainees encounter a range of approaches that appeal to differing learning styles with opportunities for individual guided discovery, collaborative and group learning. The course meets the professional standards for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
Timetable
The trainees are asked to attend an induction days in the summer term prior to the course start date in early September.
The course follows the secondary school year and consists of at least 170 days. It is delivered in two parts.
- Centre-based Training - held at venues in Norfolk, Essex and Suffolk
- School-based Training - Trainees are placed in partnership schools with the majority of trainees placed within 40 minutes travelling distance of their home address
Placements
During their time on school, trainees are provided with opportunities to observe good teachers at work and to work alongside them.
All trainees will have experience of at least two different schools; some may have experience of three.
Trainees have substantial teaching opportunities, including individual, group and whole-class teaching. Salaried trainees may be required to teach up to five hours of their own classes from the beginning of the course while Tuition trainees will begin by observing and assisting in the classroom and take up teaching duties incrementally as the course progresses.
Mentor Training and Quality Assurance
All mentors are invited to attend termly mentor training with additional support visits according to need. Mentors and Professional Tutors receive visits at least termly from a member of the NESTT team. Schools play an important role in assuring the quality of the school-based training, alongside the programme leader and NESTT team.
Full downloadable information regarding all University of Suffolk courses, including Key Facts, Course Aims, Course Structure and Assessment, is available in the Definitive Course Record.
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Classroom Practice including observation of, and working alongside, experienced teacher/s; Teaching Practice including taking a leading role in planning, organisation of and teaching a class
Course Modules 2024
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
A range of assessment techniques is used, including the trainee’s continuing professional development record, practice files, assignments, portfolio of evidence and lesson observations
Good practice is shared and discussed, particularly the need for tutors to model the expected future styles of the trainees. Tutors employ a range of learning and teaching strategies. The trainees encounter a range of approaches that appeal to differing learning styles with opportunities for individual guided discovery, collaborative and group learning. The course meets the professional standards for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
Timetable
The trainees are asked to attend an induction days in the summer term prior to the course start date in early September.
The course follows the secondary school year and consists of at least 170 days. It is delivered in two parts.
- Centre-based Training - held at venues in Norfolk and Suffolk
- School-based Training - Trainees are placed in partnership schools with the majority of trainees placed within 40 minutes travelling distance of their home address
Placements
During their time on school, trainees are provided with opportunities to observe good teachers at work and to work alongside them.
All trainees will have experience of at least two different schools; some may have experience of three.
Trainees have substantial teaching opportunities, including individual, group and whole-class teaching. Salaried trainees may be required to teach up to five hours of their own classes from the beginning of the course while Tuition trainees will begin by observing and assisting in the classroom and take up teaching duties incrementally as the course progresses.
Mentor Training and Quality Assurance
All mentors are invited to attend termly mentor training with additional support visits according to need. Mentors and Professional Tutors receive visits at least termly from a member of the SCITT team. Schools play an important role in assuring the quality of the school-based training, alongside the programme leader and SCITT team.
Full downloadable information regarding all University of Suffolk courses, including Key Facts, Course Aims, Course Structure and Assessment, is available in the Definitive Course Record.
Classroom Practice including observation of, and working alongside, experienced teacher/s; Teaching Practice including taking a leading role in planning, organisation of and teaching a class