Departments and services

The School of Education is committed to lifelong learning and career-long support. Our programmes range from short courses to Foundation and Honours degrees, as well as Masters and Doctorate awards.

Covering the widest possible range of careers in education and the allied professions working with children and young people, many of our courses lead directly to a professional status, such as Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and Early Years Professional Status (EYPS).

With recent changes in the Schools' Workforce and Children's Services, the demand for quality professional development is at an all time high. We focus on creating an outstanding learning experience where students feel supported as individuals and developing professionals.

The School has a national reputation for excellence and over 30 year’s experience in teacher training. We achieved top ratings in our Ofsted inspection two years running (2005/6 and 2006/7).

Staff come from professional, academic, research, technical and support backgrounds, creating a rich team of practitioner and academic expertise. Students benefit from dedicated education specialist rooms for the teaching of science, design and technology, mathematics, English, ICT, art and physical education.

Research

Our Centre for Special Needs in Educational Research (CeSNER) focuses on special needs education and inclusion. The activity of our other research groups (Early Years, Professional Education and Education Studies) provides a wealth of research and consultancy opportunities and information.

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Amazing facts

The School has received the highest award from Ofsted, Grade 1 for outstanding management and quality of its provision
The School has been awarded the TDA's highest grade for quality, Category 'A' provider status as a result of their recent Ofsted success
The School is ranked 15th strongest Primary ITT provider in relation to teacher training. (The University of Buckingham Teacher Training Profiles 2008)
The school has overall a student satisfaction of 90% - (National Student Survey 2008)
94% of graduates from the School's Initial Teacher Training programme have employment after 6 months (National Student Survey 2008)
Our programmes for teaching assistants and early years practitioners received high praise in recent external reviews
Our Masters and Doctoral programmes attract practitioners from across the world
The School is one of only 40 providers offering the new Early Years Professional Status Programme
We are the sole Regional Assessment Provider for Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) in the East Midlands