An update regarding the funding of Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) courses for English SKE: The Department for Education (DfE) has announced that they will only fund SKE courses if a candidates ITT offer was made by 10th April 2024
English SKE
“I fully believe that the SKE was the best way to prepare myself for my initial teacher training. It has been a considerable amount of time since I studied Key Stage 3 and 4 English and I found that the most effective way for me to revisit this was to submerge myself in the student experience once again. Not only was my subject knowledge reinforced and improved, but so was my pedagogical knowledge. By seeing the work from the students’ perspective, I was able to consider different approaches to teaching, in a practical sense, rather than merely reading it in a book.”
- Seauntelle Brady, 8 week English SKE
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What to expect on the English SKE course
On the English subject knowledge enhancement course you will be guided by our course tutors, subject tutors and grammar specialists helping you discover how the English language works and explore the literature created using it. The English SKE course prepares trainees with the tools necessary to become an effective GCSE English teacher.
(Update: The Department for Education (DfE) has announced that they will no longer be providing funding for the English SKE course unless the ITT offer was made by 10th April 2024)
The topics are grouped under the following headings:
- Spoken Language
- Grammar for teaching
- Poetry
- Novels
- Plays
- Writing for Different Audiences
Extended access to the course material
Students will continue to have access to our online resources for 1 year after completing the course so that they can refer to the online material as they train to become a teacher. Previous students have found this extremely helpful when lesson planning in their first placement school as well as having a valuable relevant source of information to refer back to as and when required.
