PGCE Primary with Sport And Wellbeing at University of East London

The primary teacher education course is designed for graduates who are committed to becoming primary school teachers. It trains you to teach children in the five to 11 age range, with a focus on PE teaching. As a trainee, you will learn how to teach the entire primary curriculum as well as choose a particular route in sports and PE.

Faculty: School of Childhood and Social Care  |  Department: Department of Education  |  Duration: 1 year full-time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September 2026  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

This PGCE Sport programme prepares you to become a research-informed primary teacher who specialises in sport, health, and wellbeing. Through modules such as Active Enquiry and Intervention and School-Based Learning, you'll develop skills in critical thinking and action research. Modules include Active Enquiry and Intervention: Impacting upon Learner Progress, School-Based Learning: Reflections on Practice (Mental Wealth), Developing and extending understanding of a specific area/subject (SEN).

Career pathways

By working alongside schools and local authorities in our region, we are helping to meet the need for PE teachers in our local area and many of our students are offered posts by our partner schools. Some trainees have been offered jobs at schools where they have spent their placement.

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