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Undergraduate Education and Teaching

Edge Hill is one of the first English university's graded Ofsted ‘outstanding’ across all three initial teacher training age phases.
Edge Hill is one of the first English university’s graded Ofsted ‘outstanding’ across all three initial teacher training age phases.

Education is a lifelong journey.

When you think of education, what comes to mind? With 140 years experience educating the teaching and education workforce – rated Ofsted Outstanding for Initial Teacher Education, Edge Hill University is a great place to prepare for the classroom and a wide range of learning environments.

There is a strong focus on social justice throughout our courses to help you enhance life opportunities for all. Your experience won’t be limited to schools. See what education looks like at diverse cultural and sports bodies, community organisations, charities, businesses, and other partners alongside over 1,500 schools, colleges and educational settings

Become the next Edge Hill graduate to secure a rewarding job – 97.9% of our Faculty of Education students are employed or in further study 15 months after graduation (Graduate Outcomes data released 2024 from 2021/22 graduates).

Join us and be part of a community that’s dedicated to making a real difference.

With our connections to over 1500 institutions, there are plenty of opportunities for work experience.

1st in the North West Overall (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025 – Education).

Working in a traditional classroom is just one possibility. Our courses prepare you for a range of career paths.

Education, Learning and Development

The world of education offers so many career possibilities. Explore different approaches, discuss research and learn to inspire others with an Education, Learning and Development course at Edge Hill.

Initial Teacher Education

Aspiring teacher? Let us show you how to inspire in the classroom and shape young lives in your community. Explore how children develop, then apply your skills on placement.

You may also be interested in our conversion (top-up) degrees which focus on leadership and management in early years settings.

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Discover Education and teaching at Edge Hill University

Over 2000 partnership schools and settings. 135 years’ experience training teachers. A beautiful campus to live, learn and build confidence.
BSc (Hons) Secondary Mathematics Education with QTS student, Lukas Allsworth

Finding the right university was extremely important and Edge Hill has everything I was looking for and more.

Lukas Allsworth

BSc (Hons) Secondary Mathematics Education with QTS

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BA (Hons) Primary Early Years Education with QTS alumni, Elias Hughes

The early years of education is a fun, creative place where you can see the difference you are making to children’s lives.

Elias Hughes

BA (Hons) Primary Early Years Education with QTS

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Primary Education with QTS, Meg Davis

Teaching is not just inspiring new generations, it is being actively part of that formation yourself.

Meg Davis

BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS

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Secondary English Education with QTS student, Lina Martins

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.

Lina Martins

BA (Hons) Secondary English Education with QTS

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Secondary Mathematics Education with QTS student, Hafsah Nakhuda, completing maths sums on an interactive whiteboard at the front of a classroom.

I really like the passion all the lectures have at the university. This was something that really stuck with me when I first came to the open day.

Hafsah Nakhuda

BSc (Hons) Secondary Mathematics Education with QTS

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I’ve been fortunate enough to complete my final year placement in a school in Cumbria – learning first-hand how rural schools operate and teach differently to city schools.

Ben Broadhurst

BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS

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Education and Religion student Lucy

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.

Lucy Hulme

BA (Hons) Education and Religion

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Secondary English Education with QTS student, Christina King

Edge Hill is without doubt culturally diverse and inclusive and the tutors have been fantastic.

Christina King

BA (Hons) Secondary English Education with QTS

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Primary Education with QTS alumni student, Freddie Berry

Studying at Edge Hill gave me the support, expertise, and challenge needed to become a confident class teacher.

Freddie Berry

BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS

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Hannah Baskeyfield professional image

That moment when a child understands a concept for the first time, it’s the most rewarding thing.

Hannah Baskeyfield

BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS

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Secondary Religious Education with QTS student, Claire McFadden

The place, the people and the support is unmatched. I am proud to say I attend Edge Hill University.

Claire McFadden

BA (Hons) Secondary Religious Education with QTS

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rebecca atherton

I had never gone to university before and had several years away from education, but my tutors at Edge Hill were very supportive from the start.

Rebecca Atherton

Early Years Education and Leadership

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Kyle Brocklehurst BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS

My favourite thing about my degree is the people and the opportunities. Everybody is so friendly and supportive.

Kyle Brocklehurst

BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS

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Facilities

The Faculty of Education enjoys the enviable position of being one of the country’s leading providers of transformative education, training and research for the teaching and education workforce. Housed in a state-of-the-art £9m building, the Faculty of Education enjoys a stunning setting from both its lakeside and piazza buildings.

Facilities in the lakeside building include a 300-seat lecture theatre, five well-equipped ICT suites, and 18 teaching rooms complete with the latest technology.

Our nearby piazza building houses our Research Hub and our Secondary and Further Education department including a lecture theatre and a number of seminar rooms.

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