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). 
Routes into teaching
The School of Education offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses to enable you to train to become a teacher and gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
Undergraduate
| BA(Hons) with QTS Primary | For those without a degree who want to train to teach at primary level. |
| BA(Hons) with QTS (7-11 years) | For those wishing to train as a subject specialist teacher of children aged 7-14. |
| BA(Hons) with QTS Secondary | For students who have completed at least one year of higher education and would now like to train to become a teacher. |
Postgraduate
| PGCE Primary | For those with a degree who want to train to teach at primary level. |
| PGCE Secondary | For those wishing to teach in secondary education who hold a degree in a subject related to their chosen specialism. |
| Pre-Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Communication Skills Course | For academically high achieving graduates who would benefit from enhancing and refining their communication skills before training to teach maths, physics, chemistry or computer science in 2013/14. |
| Subject Knowledge Enhancement | To boost subject knowledge for those whose degree is not appropriate for their intended PGCE (secondary) course. |
| PGCE Post-compulsory | For those with a relevant degree wishing to teach post-compulsory (16+) students. |
School Experience Programme
The School Experience Programme (SEP) has been developed by the Teaching Agency and allows people interested in teaching to gain classroom experience in primary and secondary schools.
Visit the School Experience Programme website.
Professional skills test
To study on an initial teacher training course (i.e. a PGCE or a BA Hons with QTS), you need to meet entry requirements determined by the government, including GCSE minimum grade C or equivalent in mathematics, English language and a science. You must also be able to read effectively and communicate clearly in spoken and written standard English.
Find out more about the professional skills test.
Teaching Agency bursaries
Teaching Agency bursaries may be available for some of our courses subject to eligibility criteria.
Find out more about bursaries.
Why study at the School of Education?
We are widely recognised for the quality of our teaching and innovative approaches to learning.
Outstanding by Ofsted
Our primary and secondary initial teacher education provision is rated outstanding by Ofsted. They highlighted our inspirational teaching, skilful mentoring, excellent resources and dynamic leadership as areas of strength.
Learn from the best
We have over 95 members of staff who offer specialist expertise as well as many years of experience of teaching or practice within their field. All our programmes are supported by a dedicated team of support staff who are here to help you from the moment you consider studying here.
Facilities to support your learning
We are based in the Checkland building which houses state of the art facilities including an Open Learning Centre, computer pools and fully equipped specialist workshops.
Find out more about our facilities.
Partnerships and placements
We work closely with over 450 schools and colleges and have relationships with many professional bodies and organisations. Our dedicated partnerships team are here to provide you help and advice whilst you study here.
Find out more about placements and the partnership office.
Career prospects
Our graduates have gone on to become outstanding teachers and leading practitioners within the field of education, learning and development.
Find out what our students say.
Diversity and equality
We are keen to recruit a teaching workforce that reflects the diversity of the population; applicants from ethnic minority and other groups under-represented in the profession (including men in primary teaching) are particularly welcome. We value diversity and are committed to the attainment of equal opportunities.
We also welcome applications from candidates with a disability. We encourage you to declare this disability at the application stage in order to secure any support needed from the start of your course.
Further support and guidance for disabled applicants is available on the Skill website.
