Our Primary and Secondary PGCEs are "Outstanding" (Ofsted, 2015). All our Education courses have been developed in collaboration with Partnership schools and the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL). This ensures not only the highest possible quality of provision, but also relevance in reflecting national and school-level priorities in Education.

Employment and Career Prospects A Brunel PGCE with recommendation for QTS is a recognised symbol of high quality Initial Teacher Education. This is demonstrated by our outstanding employment rates and feedback from alumni student teachers, our partnership schools and Ofsted inspectors. 100% of our PGCE Secondary students in 2014-2015 secured teaching posts in schools. Many of our students go on to work in our partnership schools and many in schools where they undertook a placement experience. This allows us to retain links with many former students and often they become school-based mentors for our students. Many of our Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs) stay in contact through the Brunel Initial Teacher Education Buddy system, where NQTs and students can share experiences, ideas, advice and resources through a facility on our VLE. We also invite former students back for public lectures, research seminars, Education events and to be involved in steering groups and research activities here in the Department of Education to ensure they can continue to develop through a community of professional practice both within but also beyond the school in which they are working. Our extensive involvement in the Initial Teacher Education has enabled us to develop an extensive network of former alumni who have gone on to hold positions of responsibility in schools across the country.