Overview

The Secondary in English (School-Led) course from University of Chester is designed to provide you with the knowledge, understanding and skills that you need to be an outstanding teacher. They aim to nurture teachers who are passionate about the development of their own and their pupils' learning.

The course intends to produce secondary English teachers who are reflective practitioners, who have a love of the subject, and will be:

• enthusiastic and confident in the classroom

• pedagogically skilful and adaptable

• specialists in the teaching of English

• aware of how young people learn English

• knowledgeable across all areas of English – literature and language

• able to see their subject in the context of the whole curriculum, and understand how the skills of English can transfer across all subjects

• competent in a variety of areas that cross secondary school curriculum boundaries, and able to see English in the wider context - contributing to pupils' personal, social, moral, spiritual and cultural development

• able to work effectively as part of a team

• able to critically examine issues raised within the study of the subject

• prepared for teaching English in the 21st Century

Your future career

A qualification in teaching has the possibility of leading to:

• Senior Leadership Team roles in Schools (Head Teacher, Deputy Head Teacher etc.)

• Specialist roles such as a Special Educational Needs & Disability Coordinator (SENDCo)

• Further study

• Support Roles in Education Institutions

• Higher Education roles