Course summary

Incorporate your passion for physical education with training to teach by studying a PGCE Primary with PE at Worcester. Our Ofsted Outstanding course offers you the opportunity to gain a postgraduate qualification alongside Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). The course is taught by academic staff whose active and extensive research enables you to encounter the importance of teaching physical education in the primary school setting. At Worcester, you will be provided the opportunity to experience the teaching industry through multiple placements in a variety of contrasting school environments throughout the year. While gaining a Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), you will develop your skills in becoming a skilled primary teacher with particular expertise in physical education, empowering you to carry forward the importance of PE into the lives of future learners. Key features

• The Primary PGCE with PE is an initial teacher training and education programme, designed to empower you to become a confident and competent qualified teacher

• With 60 credits at Masters level a Primary PGCE with PE can take you anywhere, from Masters study to a job on the other side of the world

• The Primary PGCE with PE explores pedagogy, practice and wider issues of education and society, enhancing your prospects as a practitioner and potentially a future leader in the profession

• We have a strong partnership with our schools and organise placements for you in supportive environments, with access to expert colleagues and mentors to support you in completing your initial teacher training and gaining qualified teacher status through experiential learning

• Take part in collaborative research with schools to develop practice and enhance children's learning of and love for Physical Education

• Explore PE specific theory and pedagogy such as Motivational Climate, Games Based Approaches, Physical Literacy and Sport Education

• Enhance your skills and knowledge as a PE leader by exploring approaches to leadership that aim to transform Primary PE

• Peer teaching and feedback opportunities embedded across the course

• First in the UK for sustained employment and/or further study (excluding specialist institutions), 5 years after graduation – Longitudinal Education Outcomes data 2024.

• First in the UK for quality education – Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2024.

• Ofsted Outstanding in 2023 the University’s primary and secondary teacher training programmes were rated ‘Outstanding’.