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IOE Lead Partner Direct (a postgraduate fee-funded route)

A programme awarding Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) and Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

This programme is a postgraduate fee-funded route where you apply directly, via DfE Apply, to the Lead Partner school. 

Student teachers who apply for IOE Lead Partner Direct often do so because they want to learn to teach in a specific school, and to gain employment there at the end of the course. This may be because they live locally or already have experience working in that school. 

The programme follows the same structure as the core PGCE route and involves attending teaching days at IOE alongside other student teachers on the core PGCE. The Lead Partner will arrange the two contrasting school teaching placements that form part of the programme. 

Structure

You will spend approximately two-thirds of your time (~ 120 days) in school and ~ 60 days at IOE.

Modules

The programme consists of three core modules:

  • Two Master’s-level (level 7) modules, which are assessed through written assignments (in Primary, one module is assessed through a presentation). and the Professional Practice module, which is assessed by observation of practical teaching in placement schools and completion of school-based tasks.

Master’s level credits

These can often be carried forward onto full Master’s programmes at IOE - check individual Graduate Taught programmes for requirements.

Subjects on Offer

Art and Design Music English Mathematics
Biology Religious Education Geography MFL 
Chemistry Drama History Computing

To find out more please follow this link - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/courses/teacher-training/get-teaching-ioe-lead-partner-direct 

Click here to apply - https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-teacher-training