Courses

The School of Education offers a range of courses and programmes in the following areas:

• Initial Teacher Education
• Foundation Degrees
• Education Studies
• Continuing Professional Development
• Subject Knowledge Enhancement
• Early Years Professional Status
• Research study
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Outstanding courses

The School of Education enjoys an excellent track record and reputation for developing flexible, high quality programmes. For example, our primary education provision has the highest quality rating (category A) as awarded by the Teaching Agency (TA). Furthermore, our foundation degrees in youth work and early years care and education are endorsed by the National Youth Agency and Sure Start.

Placements

Placements are an integral part of all the school's courses, find out more about student experiences of placements.

Professional accreditation

Courses are accredited by a range of bodies including the Children's Workforce Development Council, Department for Education and Skills, Lifelong Learning UK, National Youth Agency, SkillsActive, Sure Start and the Training and Development Agency for Schools.