- Develop a broad pedagogical knowledge across a full range of educational needs, on our PGCE programme which has been rated outstanding by Ofsted in the last four inspections.
- You will have the opportunity to spend 120 days in school, which includes two block placements in different partners schools and a Special Educational Needs school experience.
- You will be supported on placement by school-based subject specialists, school-based teacher training specialists and university-based visiting tutors with extensive experiences of both your subject and initial teacher training.
- Benefit from over 85 years of experience in delivering PE teacher training, as well as teaching by world-leading academics in sport pedagogy and mathematics – described by Ofsted as thought-leaders who are contributing to the development of the sector.
- Our degrees are informed by sector-leading research ranked 1st in the UK for research power and environment in Sport and Exercise Sciences, Leisure and Tourism (Times Higher Education – REF 2021 League Tables).
- You will be taught in high-quality teaching environments and have access to world-class facilities across a wide range of sports, at the University of the Year for Sport (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022).
- You can add practical experience to your CV by volunteering alongside elite athletes with our Coach and Volunteer Academy alongside your studies.
- We are ranked No.1 in the world for sport-related subjects for the ninth time running (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017-2025).
