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PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education
Edge Hill University
Full Time
Sep 2026
1 Year
Inspire children to be fit and healthy by making physical education fun. 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 £32,916 (or more in London) as a primary or secondary school teacher in England, rising to £51,048 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.
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.
ITE curriculum and practice (primary) guides you through an ITE curriculum detailing the key knowledge and skills required for the award of qualified teacher status. The module consists of school experiences across three phases – introductory, developmental and consolidation - as well as integrated university-based teaching sessions covering the underpinning knowledge and understanding necessary for progress at each stage. This module combines academic development with the development of practical and vocational skills. You will experience an integrated curriculum that sets out regular milestone expectations for what you should know and be able to do at key milestones and throughout the programme.
Evidence-informed practice (primary physical education) will equip you to evaluate educational research from a methodological and ethical perspective and apply it to your own practice. You will understand how and why 'evidence-based practice' has emerged as a central theme in English educational policy, and know the key methodologies associated with evidence-based practice, including understanding research ethics, central methodological concepts and terminology. You will also be introduced to the methodological diversity of contemporary educational research and engage in critical dialogue around which methodologies are best suited to the resolution of particular educational questions.
For the academic year 2026/27 the UK Full-Time tuition fee is currently set to £9,790. Please note this is subject to Parliamentary approval and is likely to be increased in line with inflation (RPIX). There may be further inflationary increases in your subsequent years of study.
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