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University of Cumbria: Primary Education: Inclusion with SEND (PGCE)

Institution University of Cumbria
Department Institute of Education
Web http://www.cumbria.ac.uk
Study type Taught

Summary

Discover our PGCE General Primary course with a specialism in SEND and enable all children to be successful from the very start of their school life. This course prepares you to be an outstanding primary school teacher with additional skills that will allow you to become confident in creating an inclusive classroom. In addition, following this specialism can also be a step towards a career as a SENCo or a specialist SEND teacher.

  • Accreditation for the award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) for September 2025 entry is through the University of Warwick. From September 2026, all students will receive both their professional QTS qualification and their academic qualification from the University of Cumbria.

COURSE OVERVIEW This specialism allows you to explore ways in which all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities, can be included in classrooms and schools. You will learn through a combination of theory, an examination of current policy and practice, including the Children and Families Act (2014) and the SEND Code of Practice 0 to 25 (2015), combined with plenty of practical experience and input from experts in the SEND field.

ON THIS COURSE YOU WILL... - Develop your personal interest through a specialist pathway.

  • Benefit from high-quality support from our academics and staff on a programme designed around you.

  • Learn from an experienced, highly qualified programme team, working at the forefront of the academic field.

  • Enjoy the intimate feel of our course delivery, with small class sizes and your own personal tutor.

  • Utilise cutting edge research on a newly revalidated and up-to-date course

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN The programme is intentionally designed to scaffold your learning journey in a progressive way from your first day to course completion. This is done through a combination of relevant, detailed and comprehensive contributory modules complemented by qualificatory modules that support the development of effective classroom practice. All modules have been developed to enable you to make strong, meaningful and effective connections between theory, research and practice.

You gain the academic PGCE qualification via successful completion of three masters’ level modules:

  • Beginning Professional Understanding

  • Developing Professional Enquiry

  • Extending Professional Learning

These thought-provoking modules are designed to provide you with an evidence-based foundation to support your development as a teacher. Drawing upon a range of recent, relevant and cutting-edge research, these modules support your understanding of professional decisions teachers make and therefore support you in becoming an excellent teacher.

To support your professional learning, you will engage with modules designed to help develop your professional practice. These will cover subject and pedagogical knowledge of all primary curriculum areas as well as key professional skills and attributes such as planning, behaviour management and adaptive teaching. You will have the chance to work with subject experts.

Year one - Being a Teacher

  • Cumbria Teacher of Reading

  • Curriculum and Pathway development

  • Curriculum

  • Intensive Training and Practice (ITAP)

  • Understanding Learning

Postgraduate Certificate in Education - PGCE

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