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Primary Physical Education Specialist with QTS (5-11) PGCE

Primary Physical Education Specialist with QTS (5-11) PGCE

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Full time | Edge Hill University | 1 year | SEP-26

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

SEP-26

Key information
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Qualification type

PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education

Subject areas

Physical Education

Course Summary

On our specialist course, you’ll develop expert knowledge within Physical Education alongside the ability to teach across the whole primary curriculum. And you’ll graduate with recommendation for Qualified Teacher Status. Successful completion of the programme leads to recommendation for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). If you have qualified teacher status (QTS), you’ll get a minimum starting salary of £31,650 (or more in London) as a primary or secondary school teacher in England, rising to £41,333 for more experienced teachers. Everyone needs a healthy lifestyle. The earlier we learn how to be fit and active, the easier it becomes to maintain these habits in adulthood. As a PE specialist, you’ll show children aged 5-11 how to be physically active in fun and engaging ways, and learn how to teach the national curriculum for all key stage 1 and 2 subjects. By spending significant time in placements in schools, you’ll become a confident practitioner who meets Teachers’ Standards. You’ll gain the essential skills, knowledge and attitude for a two-year induction as an early career teacher, teaching the entire primary curriculum. As this is a PGCE primary physical education specialist course, you’ll finish it as an expert in teaching this subject. You’ll inspire children to be physically fit and encourage your peers to deliver equally engaging lessons.

Modules

Principles of learning and curriculum design (primary physical education) allows you to design and teach a curriculum unit over a sequence of lessons. You will be supported through familiarisation with seminal and current research-informed theories of learning, curriculum design, and adaptive teaching. You will develop your ability to critique these theories and apply them to your own practice. You will be assessed through reflections on the process of curriculum design and the adaptations needed to meet the needs of all learners.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£9,535

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£17,000

Entry requirements

You are expected to have: a commitment to, and understanding of, primary education in general and primary physical education in particular, demonstrating the personal attributes, values and motivation required to train as a teacher, suitable presentational qualities, including a good standard of written English. Before the programme commences, you should have: a degree equivalent to UK first-class or second-class honours (2:2 or above). No specific subjects are required, GCSEs at Grade C or Grade 4 or above (or equivalent) in English Language or English Literature and Mathematics, GCSE Science at Grade C or Grade 4 or above (or equivalent). For the purposes of initial teacher training, level 2 literacy and numeracy qualifications are not considered as equivalent to GCSE Grade C or Grade 4 in English Language or English Literature and Mathematics.

University information

Edge Hill University has been inspiring minds since 1885 and continues to live up to its ethos of ‘creating opportunity from knowledge’. The university’s commitment to excellence shines through to its cutting-edge research, scholarship opportunities, contemporary facilities and most importantly, its passionate and dedicated teaching staff. Students are empowered to craft their own future, learning in ways that work for them, from expert...more