>> IIRC you now need A level maths and/or English to enter training as a primary
>> teacher. That's going to eliminate a lot of candidates who'd be perfectly good teaching KS2.
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Not so Bromp, you need a good GCSE (at least a C) in each and you need to pass a national test in each which is supposedly equivalent to GCSE grade B, before entering teacher training, at least as a PGCE postgrad. You get 2 resits if you need them then you have to wait 2 years before you can reapply.
For Winchester you also need at least a 2:2 in your first degree
You also need to have spent a number of hours in a classroom either as an LSA or as an unpaid volunteer. IIRC you need about 200 hours in the 2 years before your PGCE starts.
Have been through those hoops with youngest who started her PGCE on 16th September.
Doesn't deter applicants though her PGCE yeargroup for primary teachers at Winchester is over 120 students.
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