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Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Computing) PGCE

Please note the course details apply to 2025 entry. Details for 2026 entry for our postgraduate courses will be published from October 2025.

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The PGCE Computing at King’s equips computing professionals and graduates to become inspiring secondary school teachers. The course emphasises learning through critical reflection on theory, practice and discussion with colleagues. King’s has established strong links with excellent partner schools and can offer trainees a rich and diverse experience of curriculum planning and delivery. Trainees benefit from our central London location and participate in specifically organised trips, which have included visits to the Raspberry Pi Academy and the Science Museum.

Key benefits

  • PGCE courses at King’s are rated Outstanding by Ofsted and taught by a strong team of computing education tutors.
  • Work with tutors who are actively engaged in research and development in computing education. In the last research assessment exercise, the department was rated as the leading education institution for research in London (REF, 2021).
  • King’s is home to the interdisciplinary Computing Education Research Centre (CERC), connecting expertise in education, computing, robotics and digital humanities to inform the understanding of computing education across all age groups and sectors. Trainees benefit from collaboration with CERC staff.
  • A working partnership with a broad range of schools in London and beyond, providing unique opportunities to learn how to teach a diverse mix of students.
  • Across all PGCE subjects, 92% of our 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.

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Employability

The majority of trainees go into teaching or other areas of education; many become heads of departments or members of senior management teams; some take up careers in educational administration in the advisory or inspection services.

Curious to find out more? Access on-demand content including taster lectures and talks, and meet our current staff and students on our subject hub page.

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Employability

The majority of trainees go into teaching or other areas of education; many become heads of departments or members of senior management teams; some take up careers in educational administration in the advisory or inspection services.

Curious to find out more? Access on-demand content including taster lectures and talks, and meet our current staff and students on our subject hub page.

Application closing date guidance

We encourage you to apply as early as possible so that there is sufficient time for your application to be assessed. We may need to request further information from you during the application process.

Our first application deadline is on 9 March 2025 (23:59 UK time).

The final application deadlines for this programme are:

  • Overseas (international) fee status: 6 July 2025 (23:59 UK time)
  • Home fee status: 14 August 2025 (23:59 UK time)

After the first application deadline in March:

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