PGCE Secondary Art & Design

The PGCE Secondary Art and Design course at Reading is a well established course in which trainees work in partnership with university and school based staff and which

• has consistently achieved outstanding grades in Ofsted inspections
• is taught by staff with high reputations in the field of Art and Design education
• shares first class studio and library facilities with other specialist Art courses.

PGCE Art and Design trainees at Reading

• are placed in carefully selected partnership schools where Art and Design is an established and valued subject
• work with experienced Art and Design teachers, many of whom completed the Reading PGCE and who are specially trained as mentors
• achieve excellent employment rates in schools throughout the country.

Applicants should

• have a 2.1 degree or better in an Art and Design discipline (art historians with practical skills may apply)
• be able to demonstrate an ongoing commitment to art and design and to working with children and young people
• be well-informed critical thinkers and creatively effective communicators.

All applications should be made through the Graduate Teacher Training Registry, from whom a booklet about all Art and Design Secondary PGCE courses may be obtained.

The course is always oversubscribed, places are limited and early application is advised.

For general enquiries about PGCE courses at Reading contact Yvonne Woodward, y.m.woodward@reading.ac.uk.