Placements
School-based work placements during the course (apart from Anticipating Practice) take place in partner schools across the South West: in Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset, subject to availability.
There is also the opportunity for primary trainees to apply for summer placements in our partner schools in London (more information is provided about this opportunity once you start the PGCE and applications are received in the Autumn term).
The PGCE Primary programme includes the following periods of school-based work. They are:
| Anticipating Practice (2 weeks of preliminary experience in school settings): | 04 - 15 September 2023 |
| Autumn Placement dates (school 1): | 06 November - 17 November 2023 |
| Spring Placement dates (school 1): Spring Placement dates (school 2): |
02 January – 15 March 2024 18 March - 28 March 2024 |
| Summer Placement dates (school 2): | 15 April – 26 June 2024 |
In addition, there are five seminar days where trainees return to the St Luke’s campus – 19 January 2024, 09 February 2024, 08 March 2024, 26 April 2024 and 27 June 2024.
The PGCE Secondary programme includes the following periods of school-based work. They are:
| Anticipating Practice (2 weeks of preliminary experience in school settings): |
11 September – 22 September 2023 |
| Autumn Placement (school 1): | 06 November - 17 November 2023 |
| Spring Placement dates (school 1): Spring Placement dates (school 2): |
02 January – 15 March 2024 18 March - 28 March 2024 |
| Summer Placement (school 2): | 15 April – 27 June 2024 |
In addition, there are five seminar days where trainees return to the St Luke’s campus – 12 January 2024, 02 February 2024, 15 March 2024, 10 May 2024 and 28 June 2024.
The Partnership Office will ask you to provide details about your circumstances and placement preferences to help them when allocating your placements. We aim to advise trainees of their placement schools by the end of July. If your circumstances change after you have submitted your information, please do inform the Partnership Office (exeterpartner@exeter.ac.uk) as soon as possible.
Please see <Placement FAQs> for more information about the placement allocation process.
We offer a contribution to some of the travel and accommodation costs that PGCE trainees may incur as a result of the structure of the training year. The policy is available on the School of Education website here. Please read the policy carefully to see what it does and doesn’t cover. If you have any questions about this policy in advance of starting the programme, please contact the Info at St Luke’s team on info.stlukes@exeter.ac.uk.
