Secondary Teaching leading to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) PGCE: Art and Design
Kingston UniversityKingston Hill, United Kingdom
Course overview
Gain the skills needed to pass on your passion for art and design Are you passionate about fostering pupils' enthusiasm and creativity in art and design? Are you a creative graduate passionate about inspiring the next generation of artists and designers? Kingston University's PGCE in Art and Design is your gateway to a rewarding career in secondary education.
Delivered in partnership with the renowned Kingston School of Art, this innovative, future-facing teacher education programme prepares you to teach Art and Design to 11–16-year-olds, with opportunities to extend your practice to post-16 learners. Our aim is to develop confident, values-driven teachers who are not only skilled practitioners but also reflective educators ready to make a meaningful impact in the classroom. You’ll explore a broad curriculum, developing your ability to teach art and design in secondary schools including drawing, painting, sculpture, digital media, other craft and design techniques and the history and impact of major artists, while developing pedagogical expertise and classroom confidence.
Key highlights
- Leads to Qualified Teacher Status for secondary teaching
- Delivered in partnership with Kingston School of Art
- Prepares you to teach Art and Design to 11–16-year-olds
- Opportunities to extend your practice to post-16 learners
- Covers drawing, painting, sculpture, digital media and craft techniques
- Includes teaching the history and impact of major artists
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:2 — to include related subject; or above
- GCSE: 4 or above — to include English, Mathematics
- Additional condition: interview — Additional requirements for Art and Design PGCE Open If you are shortlisted, you will be invited to attend an online interview via Microsoft Teams.
- Additional condition: dbs_check — All candidates who are offered a place will be required to have a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) criminal records check, in Child Workforce.
Scholarships
Alumni Discount
Award: 10% discount on tuition fees.
Up to 10% of feesChelsea Arts Club Trust MA Award
The Chelsea Arts Club Trust MA Materials and Research Award is a £2,500 bursary, awarded each year to an MA Fashion or MA Sustainable Fashion student.
Up to £2,500Chevening Scholarships
Award: Tuition fees, travel costs and living allowance subsidised.
International Merit-Based scholarships
The scholarships are worth £5,000 towards your first year tuition fees.
Up to £5,000Niloufar Ebrahim Scholarship
The scholarship will cover a portion of tuition fees for the applicant, up to the value of £1,000.
Postgraduate Progression Scholarship
The Kingston University Postgraduate Progressions Scholarship offers a 15% reduction in postgraduate tuition fees.
The Kingston Impact Scholarship
£5,000 tuition fee contribution to two MBA students.
Up to £5,000The Kingston MBA Scholarship
Kingston University Business School is proud to offer a tuition fee scholarship of £5,000 to self-funded candidates.
Up to £5,000
Careers this course leads to
- Secondary school art and design teacher
- Head of art department
- Sixth form art teacher
- Further education art lecturer
- Gallery or museum education officer
Cost of study
UK/Home: £9,790 per year | International: £19,200 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Kingston University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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