Course summary

What makes PGCE Primary with Special Educational Needs, Disability and Inclusion (SENDI) at the University of Worcester special? This course is the start of a journey like no other and will give you insight and training in becoming a specialist teacher. The PGCE explores pedagogy, practice and wider issues of education and society, enhancing your prospects as a SENDI practitioner and potentially a future leader in the profession through engagement with a course that explores, critiques and expands knowledge and understanding of SENDI. Worcester has a large and vibrant primary teacher education department and our PGCE in Primary Education with SENDI is led by experienced academic staff with extensive research profiles, meaning your learning is shaped by those helping to shape education itself. Our programmes are ambitious in their design and we work with a strong school partnership to ensure our trainees access expertise. We pride ourselves on the support that we offer and aim to give personalised support to give every trainee the opportunity to become the best teacher they can be. The intention of this course is to shape practitioners who:

• Are thoughtful, knowledgeable, creative and competent in the field of SENDI

• Have an educational philosophy grounded in inclusive practice and want to achieve the best for learners with SEND

• Feel prepared to meet the needs of all learners, particularly those with SEND and learning differences

• Are better equipped to recognise signs of SEND and apply this knowledge to adaptive teaching to meet the needs of all learners

• Have an increased awareness of national priorities and a greater understanding of current SENDI developments

• Dynamic, exciting and vibrant course designed to support all students

• Professional, research-active, supportive tutors

• A wide breadth of partnership schools, geographically and demographically

• Excellent employability

• Combination of research, theory and criticality within sessions

• Personalised support

• Online and face-to-face delivery

• Face-to-face sessions with some enhanced online learning opportunities