This course leads to the award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) for the 11-to-16 age range, which qualifies you to be a teacher in secondary schools in England and Wales. Where possible, we also give you the chance to gain experience in the 11-to-18 age range. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects, are integral to the success of the UK economy while STEM education has long been identified as a major priority for schools. Successful education is built on strong subject teaching. Learners need highly-skilled specialist teachers to inspire and challenge them. Your challenge is to help young people recognise how the science, design and technology, computer science, engineering and mathematics they study at school or college can lead to rich and varied career pathways. This complexity offers an enormous opportunity to share your knowledge and enthusiasm for the subject to engage young people and show them how physics and mathematics are central to everyday life and needn’t be hard to learn. This course will support you to develop as a great physics and mathematics teacher who can bring the subject to life by devising and delivering a diverse range of engaging lessons that educate and excite all pupils. The subject studies element of your training programme enables you to develop skills, knowledge and understanding of science, and particularly physics, in the secondary school context. Our course is kept up to date with changes in local and national initiatives and legislation, including national priorities for education. You will be guided by specialist tutors who have relevant teaching experience and who often contribute to educational research, policy and curriculum developments in your subject. You will learn about children and child development in the core Active Inquiry and Technology-Enhanced Learning modules with the rest of the Secondary PGCE cohort.