The PGCE (M) Secondary programme will get you ready to teach pupils aged 11-16 with post-16 enhancement in secondary schools. You will be teaching pupils as they mature from early adolescence into adulthood. The PGCE Science programme is in two parts, core science and an additional course in a science specialism. You'll graduate ready to teach all three sciences up to at least the end of Key Stage 3 (Year 9) and a specialist subject to post-16 level. If you choose chemistry as your specialist subject, you will take a programme covering the main ideas and concepts of the Chemical and Material Behaviour section of the KS4 National Curriculum. You will learn about common elements of the different GCSE and A level specifications. Explore a variety of pedagogical approaches and develop your repertoire of teaching strategies and techniques. On graduating, you will have the skills to deliver the most effective learning of this highly abstract subject content. You can also attend a series of informative workshops to further develop your subject knowledge, especially outside your specialist science area. This is an interesting, often very demanding but tremendously rewarding age group to work with as pupils mature from early adolescence to adulthood. The course is designed to equip you to teach your main subject (Science - specialising in Chemistry) and to make an effective contribution to the work of schools beyond your subject. Our trainees achieve a very high success in gaining employment, with many opting to stay in Norfolk and Suffolk. Career opportunities within secondary teaching are now far wider and more diverse than ever before. Within a few years of beginning teaching many are able to gain promotion to leadership positions, either within their subject or with pastoral responsibilities.