Overview

The PGCE Religious Education at King’s equips trainees to become creative, skilled and inspiring Secondary teachers. By engaging critically with the research and theory that underpins contemporary RE, and by practising high-quality classroom pedagogy, trainees develop into effective, thoughtful and reflective practitioners.

The course is set in the heart of London and trainees benefit from access to a wide variety of places of worship and museums, including the National Gallery. King’s works in close partnership with schools across London in designing, delivering and assessing the course. You will have the opportunity to work with experienced tutors who are actively engaged in research with a reputation for excellence in their training methods.

Please note, the course begins on the 1 September.

Key benefits

An Ofsted Outstanding rated course that is designed around a strong research and pastoral base to provide you with the skills you need to thrive as a teacher. In the last research assessment exercise, the department was rated as the leading education institution for research in London (REF, 2021).
A working partnership with a broad range of schools in London and beyond, offering unique opportunities to learn how to teach a diverse mix of students.
Across all PGCE subjects, 92% of our PGCE trainees who applied for teaching posts after graduation were employed as Early Career Teachers (ECTs) at schools in the UK and abroad (JISC Graduate Outcomes Survey 2024).
Two assessed pieces of coursework give you 60 Master’s-level credits – a third of an MA – which puts you well on the way to a Master’s degree in your chosen profession.

Course essentials

The PGCE Religious Education is a full-time course that consists of four required modules and two blocks of teaching experience based in secondary schools within London and Greater London. You will complete the course within ten months, studying September to June. You must take modules totalling 120 credits to meet the requirements of the qualification.

You’ll engage in education, pedagogy and professional studies sessions and curriculum workshops. These will take place in both university and school settings and will develop your expertise in general educational and professional issues, as well as subject pedagogy.

You’ll gain the skills and understanding to take up positions in schools as a teacher of your subject with the potential to contribute fully to the life of the school. The course carries the Accreditation of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

Taught in

Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy

School of Education, Communication & Society

Administrative bodies

Regulating body

Application closing date guidance

We encourage you to apply as early as possible on DfE Apply so that there is sufficient time for your application to be assessed. We will create your account on King’s Apply which we will use to communicate with you regarding your application.

Our first application deadline is on 9 March 2027 (23:59 UK time).

The final application deadlines for this course are:

Overseas (international) fee status: 6 July 2027 (23:59 UK time)
Home fee status: 10 August 2027 (17:00 UK time)

After the first application deadline in March:

if the course is not yet full, we will continue to accept applications until all available places are filled up to the final application deadlines above

if the course becomes full before the final application deadlines stated above, we will close the course to further applications.

This course information applied to 2027 entry only. The University may make changes to a programme of study or modules. See full disclaimer in our Terms and Conditions.

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