Hello there! So pleased you are applying for a PGCE primary course and glad you are excited for it!

Here’s a post I previously wrote about general PGCE application tips. The personal statement part really should showcase the skills you have gained from your relevant experience (and why they would make you a good teacher), how your degree experiences will help your teaching/be an effective teacher and your statement should show your enthusiasm to learn, be a leader and have great team working and time management skills.

Draw from your previous experiences volunteering, getting involved in volunteering projects, working with children or working in the classroom as much as you can - most PGCE course value your past experience and what you have learnt from it more than anything else!

As for the interview side of things, most involve some sort of formal interview, presentation, additional tests, group work etc... but tbh as long as you answer your formal interview questions well, then you’ll be bound to get a place, as this part of the interview is weighted more highly than the rest.

anxiousmarshmallow replied to your post “Hi! Have you got any tips for the PGCE personal statement? At the...”

@howtotrainyourteacher thankyou so much for your incredibly useful reply!

No worries! Best of luck with writing that personal statement, I believe in you :)

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