PGCE Music

This course is designed to develop innovative and highly skilled teachers who wish to inspire young people through music. Throughout the secondary PGCE course, we aim to develop your music teaching expertise in a variety of contexts, equipping you to plan and teach engaging and meaningful musical experiences for your school students. This course is designed to develop innovative and highly skilled teachers who wish to inspire young people through music across the 11-16 age range. Our priority is to develop your teaching expertise in a variety of situations and contexts, by exploring a range of approaches to teaching music. For example, we will offer a broad range of perspectives on the principles of curriculum design and assessment in the field of music education. We aim to develop your teaching through engaging practical music workshops, lectures, seminars and tutorials and through critical reflection of teaching and learning with expert musicians and music educators. You will also benefit from the expertise of a music teacher mentor throughout your two school placements, all based within our partnership schools.

A minimum of a lower second-class Bachelor's degree in Music or Music Technology or a combination of these from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. You must show that you are an active, participating musician and, ideally, you should also have an A level (or equivalent qualification) in Music or Music Technology. Other degree subjects will be considered if a level of musicianship equivalent to a music degree can be evidenced. If your degree is in another subject, you should also have substantial work experience relevant to teaching Music and be able to demonstrate a high level of practical musicianship that is equivalent to an undergraduate music degree qualification.