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Teacher Apprenticeship

Gain hands-on experience while earning a PGCE and Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). This course develops essential teaching skills, including research, planning, communication, and teamwork, while also preparing you for professional recognition and success in the classroom.

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Course codeCID1352
Duration1 year
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LocationOn campus

Course summary

The Teacher Apprenticeship combines hands-on teaching experience with academic study, helping you understand the theory behind how people learn. It’s ideal if you’re already working in, or planning to work in, primary or secondary education. As a teacher apprentice, you can be employed in a range of settings, including academy and maintained schools.

Throughout the apprenticeship, you'll build your professional teaching knowledge and develop key skills in planning, designing, and delivering lessons. You’ll also become a reflective practitioner, someone who thinks carefully about their teaching and how to keep improving it.

You’ll be supported by our team of experienced academics who'll guide you through key teaching and learning theories and show you how to apply them in your own classroom practice. You’ll also explore how to design and assess learning effectively, and gain confidence in using literacy, numeracy, and digital skills. These are core areas that we've built into the course to ensure you're fully prepared for the classroom.

This apprenticeship will allow you to gain invaluable on-the-job experience alongside achieving a PGCE qualification, Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), and 60 master's level credits which can be used to accredit prior learning (APL) to a full master's in the future

Maria Anthi

Everything I’m learning on the course, I’m putting into practice, helping me to improve my teaching style and support children’s learning.

Maria Anthi

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What you'll study

Level 6 modules

Level 7 modules

How you'll learn

As well as your on-the-job apprenticeship training, you'll have access to university-taught sessions (online/on-campus) one day a week in blocks during non-assessed weeks, coupled with self-directed study.

This apprenticeship is delivered using a blended learning approach incorporating lectures, workshops, e-learning, a research project, and self-directed study. Your teaching practice is school-based and conducted in the school setting that you currently work in, and one other school setting. Meetings with your Personal Academic Tutor (PAT) and school mentor will support you and review your progress.

Assessment methods include a written assignment and presentation, e-portfolios of practical evidence, and formally observed teaching observations in the workplace.

Entry requirements

Fees and finance support

Larger organisations can use their apprenticeship levy and government top-up to pay tuition and professional fees of higher apprenticeships. For smaller employers, the government pays 95%, with the remainder co-invested by the business.

For a discussion around your specific requirements please call 0191 515 3361(opens in new tab) or email apprenticeships@sunderland.ac.uk(opens in new tab).

Apply now

To apply for a higher or degree apprenticeship, you must have an employer in place to support you on the course. If you're interested in applying and have an employer in place, please email apprenticeships@sunderland.ac.uk(opens in new tab) and we'll send you the relevant application link.

To search for apprenticeships offered by employers in your area go to: gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship(opens in new tab).

For a discussion around your specific requirements, or if you're an employer interested in creating a vacancy, please call us on 0191 515 3361(opens in new tab) or email apprenticeships@sunderland.ac.uk(opens in new tab).

Disclaimer

We want to make sure you have clear and accurate information about our courses. Our website always shows the latest updates. If you’ve applied and been offered a place, we’ll contact you in writing if anything important changes.

View our programme specifications(opens in new tab) for further information about what the course covers, learning outcomes and the skills you'll gain when you graduate.