The Faculty of Education has a well-established national reputation for the delivery of high-quality Initial Teacher Training (ITT) across the full range of age phases alongside a substantial track record in supporting partner schools and colleges in school improvement initiatives.
Edge Hill becomes only English university graded Ofsted ‘outstanding’ in all three teacher training age phases
The University was awarded the highest grade for ‘overall effectiveness’ across primary, secondary, and further education and training – inspectors judged the quality of education, and leadership and management to be outstanding.
My placement has been a huge learning experience, as I had never attended an English high school. It was definitely the most memorable moment of my degree so far.
The course is not at all what I was expecting when I chose to study Religion. But in a good way. We look at religion through lots of different lenses, including sexuality, gender, feminism, family origins and disability, which I hadn’t even considered before.
The best thing about Edge Hill is the encouragement to develop and grow as an individual thinker, and to develop a creative way of looking at the world of education.
I thoroughly enjoyed my three-year BSc (Hons) degree in Psychology. The tutors were all fantastic, with a wide variety of module options allowing me to broaden my knowledge in the third year.
I’ve been given plenty of opportunities for continued professional development, and all my theory work is put into context either with real-life examples from my tutors, or when I see it first hand out on professional practice.
A PGCE provides insight into what goes into teaching – planning, creating resources, the theories behind teaching and learning, and what is best practice.
Edge Hill University has a fantastic reputation especially for education and teaching. After visiting an open day and meeting the lecturers I knew that Edge Hill was the place I wanted to study.
I chose to study at Edge Hill due to the reputation of the University. There is genuinely a real effort made by Edge Hill for people to feel welcome at the University.
Joel Irvine
PGCE Secondary Physical Education with QTS (11-16)
The GTA scholarship enabled me to continue doing what I love most: teaching. I was able to put my research into practice, while supporting students become teachers. This is a great feeling and a rewarding experience.
Working at Edge Hill is a real pleasure. Every day I look forward to coming in and working. The campus and my colleagues make it an exciting and vibrant place to work with lots of opportunities to forward my career.