BA in Secondary Physical Education with QTS

If you have a passion for Physical Education and Sports, inspiring and educating young learners, and want the best possible career opportunities after graduating, then this is the course for you.

What's covered in this course?

The School of Education and Social Work is a leading provider of Initial Teacher Training (ITT) in the West Midlands with a strong partnership across a diverse range of secondary schools. Located in the heart of the West Midlands, you will gain practical experience in a range of schools with a rich variety of cultural and linguistic influences, religious beliefs and social diversity. The Department of Sport and Exercise, part of the School of Health Sciences, is committed to delivering excellence in every aspect of work it undertakes related to sport and exercise, sports therapy, physiotherapy and physical education and school sport. You will really value the vibrant and practice-led learning environment we create and the opportunities that we offer our students. This course will enable you to teach PE to secondary school-aged pupils (11-16 year-olds) and includes some post-16 enhancement.

You will also benefit from the unique and strong partnership between PE and Sports and Exercise Science teacher educators and subject specialists who are at the forefront of practice in their fields.

Why choose us?

1. You will spend time in a range of local secondary schools on professional placements, equipping you with a wealth of practical experience to develop you as a physical education teacher, working in partnership with experienced school subject mentors.
2. Practical hands-on experience in schools right from the start of your programme.
3. Study in our newly extended £71 million City South Campus which is home to state-of-the-art specialist facilities as well as our sports hall
4. We meet the Department for Education's (DfE) Criteria for Initial Teacher Training and successful candidates on our Initial Teacher Training courses will be recommended to the DfE for Qualified Teacher Status.

Year One

In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete all the following core modules (totalling 120 credits):

• Introduction to Secondary Physical Education
• Applied Anatomy
• Children's Development: Physical, Emotional, Health and Well-being
• Sport and Exercise Physiology and Principles of Training
• The Physically Educated Child
• The Emerging Teacher
• Professional Practice 1

Year Two

In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete all the following core modules (totalling 120 credits):

• Applied Pedagogy in Sports Coaching and Physical Education
• Sport, Physical Activity and Health in Practice
• Contemporary issues in Sports Coaching and Physical Education
• Applied Pedagogy through PE
• Subject Studies
• The Inclusive Teacher
• Professional Practice 2

Year Three

In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete all the following core modules (totalling 120 credits):

• Psychological Perspectives on Athletic Development
• High-Performance Sports Coaching
• PE in the School and the Community
• Professional Enquiry Education Project
• The Professional Teacher
• Professional Practice 3

Enhancing your employability skills

We will support you in the transition to university through a careful induction process, confidence-building activities, group work and a carefully planned programme with a range of formative and summative assessments.

Your programme will be interactive, practical, engaging, thought-provoking and challenging and is designed to promote independence so that you become a confident, committed and creative teacher ready to join the teaching profession.

On the programme, you will experience a variety of learning and teaching approaches that focus on modelling good practice and these will include: workshops, conferences, lectures, seminars, a range of guest speakers, visits to schools/settings and other sites as well as a range of practical teaching experiences.

The content of the programme is research-led, innovative and responsive to the educational climate to enable you to develop your subject and pedagogical knowledge and apply it in the classroom.

Placements

We have developed a shared vision for educational excellence with the schools in our partnership. You will benefit from working with and learning from outstanding classroom teachers in schools and at University. Working in schools with teachers and pupils is key to you becoming a committed, creative and confident teacher.

School placements increase in length over the three years of your course to ensure you complete the minimum of 120 days required to build your teaching experience and gather evidence that you meet the requirements for QTS. The placement aspect of this course is non-credit bearing.

The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) Professional Standards for Teachers which lead to recommendations for the award of QTS will be assessed through the school-based training modules.