PGCE Secondary (11-16) Physical Education with QTS course preparation
We’re looking forward to welcoming you onto your PGCE Secondary (11-16) Physical Education with QTS programme. Educating young adults and being able to inspire them to share your passion for a particular subject is one of the main reasons why people choose to train as a secondary teacher. Imagination is crucial, as is the need for patience and the ability to develop and sustain excellent relationships with pupils, communicating clearly with them and breaking down complicated concepts into manageable building blocks for learning.
As a secondary school teacher in Physical Education, you’ll face heavy demands on your mind, body and time. This programme is carefully designed to prepare you fully for the physical and mental challenges you’ll face, giving you the skills and stamina necessary to become an assured and high quality teacher of this subject.
We’ll support you as you develop reflective and analytical skills and get practical experience in planning effective lessons and learning strategies. As well as undertaking hands-on classroom experience, and finding opportunities to further deepen your own subject knowledge.
Before your studies begin, please read the information below and complete any of the tasks required.
Student Allocation Profile Survey
The survey helps the Partnership Development Team (PDT) find an appropriate professional practice placement (PPP) for you. This is done by taking as many relevant details of your personal situation into account as possible.
If you’ve got strong links to a school where you’d like to undertake a PPP please let us know. You can do this by completing our Professional Practice Allocation Form (PPAF). We’re always happy to consider these schools and have a set process in place to do so.
Suggested reading
You will be given lots of information about which textbooks to read and introduced to the University Library, as well as the many ebooks we have for you to access, when you begin your studies. In the meantime, you might like to begin some academic reading before starting your degree. We don’t recommend rushing out to buy texts before you arrive but if you can pick some up second hand, borrow from a library or access online to read over the summer, here are some suggested texts below:
- Capel, S. Leask, M. & Turner, T. (2020) Learning to Teach in the Secondary School, Routledge – CORE
- Dix, P. (2017) When the adults change everything changes – Seismic shift in school behavior, Independent Thinking Press.
- James, A. (2016) Safe practice: in Physical Education, School sport and Physical Activity.
- Abbott, I. (2019) Preparing to teach in secondary schools, Open University
- Capel, S. (2020) Debates in Physical Education, Routledge.
- Sidder, G, Hayes, S. (2017) Really Useful Physical Education book: Learning and teaching across the 11-16 age range, Routledge.
- Whitehead, M. (2019) Physical Literacy across the world, Taylor and Francis.
- Vickerman, P. and Maher, A. (2018) Teaching Physical Education to Children with Special Education Needs and Disabilities, Routledge.
- National Curriculum for Physical Education
- The Ofsted research review for PE
- Is Physical Education in Crisis?
- Wanna Teach PE?