This page is the placeholder for the students on the QTS Level 6 Pathway at the University of Portsmouth School of Education, Languages and Linguistics.
A shortened link to this page is rebrand.ly/uopqts6
You will begin your year with the PGCE Students in early September of the academic year.
After intensive input with them, you will embark on a more condensed teaching placement at a school.
In some cases, this may be the same school you were in during your Level 5 year.
In others, it will need to be a new school placement.
However it is arranged, you will need to have had experience in at least two different schools. For people completing in 2025, you must have completed a minimum of 120 days on placement.
For those completing it after 2025, this number is 150.
For Phase Two, you will spend one to two days on school placement, with some Fridays requiring you to be at the University to attend the PGCE training sessions.
For the academic year 2024-2025...
These days are Friday:
8th, 22nd November
6th December
Monday 6th to Friday 10th January (tbc)
Friday:
17th, 24th and 31st January.
Assessment guidance
University Research Project & QTS Status Attainment.
A research project submitted – May 2025 (Weds May 28th at noon).
Examples of research projects can be found here.
Full-time placement in school in June and July 2025.
Three twilight training sessions at the University/via Zoom/Google.
Professional interviews will be held at the end of July to review the evidence against the teachers’ standards referring to the DfE for QTS.
You must have completed a professional portfolio of evidence (something you will have been building throughout the QTS Pathway course).
Lectures with the PGCE Cohort, including timings and locations along with category.
3rd October | 9.00-10.30 Buckingham 1.01 | Adaptive Teaching | Adaptive Teaching |
10th October | 9.00-10.30 Portland 1.74 | Equality, Diversity and Inclusion | Professional Behaviours |
8th November | 9.00-10.30 St George’s 0.22 | Pupil and staff physical and mental well-being Chartered College introduction
| Professional Behaviours |
22nd November | 9.00-10.30 St George’s 0.22 | Getting your first Teaching Post
| Professional Behaviours |
6th January |
| Self-directed study day for the trainees | Pedagogy and Curriculum Adaptive Teaching |
7th January | 9.00-12.00 Buckingham 1.01 | PSHE
Role of the SENCO and TAs | Professional Behaviours and Adaptive Teaching |
8th January | 9.00-12.00 Buckingham 1.01 | Supporting students with EAL Supporting students with Autism | Pedagogy and Adaptive Teaching |
9th January | 9.00-10.30
| Voice Skills | Pedagogy and Curriculum |
14th February | 9.00-10.30 Buckingham 1.01 | Formative Assessment | Assessment |
7th March | 9.00-10.30 Buckingham 1.01 | Behaviour management 2 ECT year Communicating with parents | Behaviour Management and Professional Behaviours |
28th March | 9.00-10.30 Buckingham 1.01 | The Pastoral Role | Professional Behaviours |
2nd May | 9.00-10.30 TBC | Becoming an Early Career Teacher (ECT) | Professional Behaviours |
27th June | 9.00-10.30 Buckingham 1.01 | How to survive your ECT year | Professional Behaviours |
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