This course will provide you with the necessary knowledge and skills to start to become an excellent physics teacher. You will delve into the fundamental principles of physics, understanding the core concepts and theories that form the basis of the discipline when teaching.

Through this course, you will learn techniques of how to guide and support students in becoming confident problem solvers and critical thinkers. As a trainee physics teacher, you will explore the latest research about teaching.

The course will centre on essential curriculum topics such as electricity and magnetism, forces and their uses, atomic physics, energy and waves, equipping you with the ability to teach complex subjects.

Additionally, we will examine broader issues related to scientific literacy, diversity, and the societal impact of physics within the context of your curriculum.

Bishop Challoner Training School, in partnership with Alliance schools (BCTSA), is an accredited provider of school-based teacher training in Birmingham and across the West Midlands.

You will be in school 4 days a week where you will be fully involved in all aspects of a teacher’s work. One day a week you will have your pedagogical training, which will provide a mixture of specific Subject Studies and more general Professional Studies sessions.

To enrich your professional practice and develop your expertise you will complete 2 PGCE assignments, which will contribute 60 credits towards a Master’s degree.

You will be in your school from day one. At the beginning of the year you will observe expert practitioners, moving towards leading small parts of a lesson and gradually building up to teach whole lessons. You will receive the support of school-based mentors, as well as members of the BCTSA Central Team and Subject Tutors.

Bishop Challoner Catholic College is the Lead School for the Central Midlands Science Learning Partnership, allowing schools to access high quality materials and the courses provided. We also work closely with the Institute of Physics.