Our Courses

We have a range of programmes and routes available for applicants who want to train to teach:

Primary Teacher Training (unsalaried)

PGCE & QTS or QTS Only

  • Primary (5-11)
  • Primary (5-11) (SEND)

Full time and Part time routes available

Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeships (PGTA)

Level 6 Teacher Apprenticeship & QTS

  • Primary (5-11)
  • Primary (5-11) (SEND)

This programme is available to colleagues who are currently working in a school which is willing to use their Apprenticeship funding to pay for the training and assessment for the award of QTS.

Secondary Teacher Training (unsalaried)

  • Biology (11-16)
  • Chemistry (11-16)
  • Physics (11-16)
  • Physical Education (11-16)
  • Art & Design (11-16)
  • History (11-16)
  • English (11-16)
  • Mathematics (11-16)
  • Design & Technology (11-16)
  • Modern Foreign Languages: French (11-16)
  • Computing (11-16)

You can find out more about our programmes by following this link.

Full time programmes are 5-days per week delivered between September - July (within one academic year). Part-Time programmes are 3-days per week for 5 school terms, (spanning two academic years and qualifying at Easter).

All of our programmes have the flexible option to earn Qualified Teacher Status alongside a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) which is delivered by Liverpool Hope University (LHU). For colleagues on the Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship, if you choose to complete the PGCE, this must be paid separately from the Apprenticeship Levy.

Our Awards

All of our programmes lead to Qualified Teacher Status which we are accredited to award on behalf of the Department for Education. This is the professional qualification needed in order to work as a qualified teacher.

95% of our Trainees also complete the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) which is integrated into our programmes. This is a Masters level (Level 7) academic award which equates to a third of a full Masters degree. We work with Liverpool Hope University to deliver this. The PGCE involves ‘lectures’ to expose you to the research and then a wealth of support, coaching and workshops to help you with your academic writing. It doesn’t matter if you’ve just left university or left a number of years ago, the support and guidance helps you to tackle this head on and achieve great outcomes!

In the 2024-2025 cohort, 100% of the Trainees completed and achieved the PGCE!

  Module 1: Module 2:
Fail 0% 0%
Pass 27% 15%
Merit 39% 47.5%
Distinction 34% 37.5%