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Certificate in Education (Cert.Ed)

  • CertEd
  • 1 Years
  • Full-time
  • 8 September 2025
  • Undergraduate
University Centre
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Course summary

The Certificate in Education is for those individuals who aspire to teach and make a difference in the further education and skills sector. This qualification fully aligns with the latest standards set by the Department for Education and the Education and Training Foundation (ETF).

The Cert. Ed offers a flexible approach to training to teach whilst providing a structured and supportive journey towards your qualification. You will develop the essential skills needed to create a positive and productive learning environment in which you will be given the opportunity to plan, resource and deliver curriculum content in placement, with the support of a subject specialist mentor. This will enable you to collate a portfolio evidencing your application of the expected knowledge skills and behaviours needed in this pivotal role and provide you with the ideal starting point to progress onto the completion of the nationally recognised Qualified Teaching, Learning and Skills status (QTLS) through additional professional formation with the ETF.

Working alongside your placement, you will enhance your knowledge, skills and behaviours around the necessity for inclusive practice and how the use of effective assessment alongside this can support the progress of students in the sector.

The Certificate of Education (Cert Ed) is a qualification that will allow you to teach those individuals in the further education and training environment. This qualification is not suitable for teaching in primary or secondary schools.

Modules

Module title Code Credits Optional
Professional Practice ST5MD0001 40 No
Pedagogical Theory ST5MD0002 20 No
Inclusion ST5MD0003 40 No
Assessment Practice ST5MD0004 20 No

Assessment method

100% Coursework

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • University Centre

Study options

  • CertEd • Full-time • 1 Years

Start dates

  • 8 September 2025

Apply by
29 January

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
X100
Institution code:
B41
Campus name:
University Centre
Campus Code:
U
Points of Entry:
Year 1

Blackpool and the Fylde College has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

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How to apply

Apply by
29 January

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
X100
Institution code:
B41
Campus name:
University Centre
Campus Code:
U

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

To study on the Certificate in Education you must have secured an appropriate teaching placement allowing you to gain a minimum of 250 hours teaching and teacher related experience. This placement should also be able to facilitate a subject-specialist mentor and a total of 10 observations throughout the duration of the programme together with the following:

• A level 3 vocational or technical qualification in the subject specialism you would like to teach
• GCSE English and maths 4/C or above or level 2 functional skills.

If you successfully meet the criteria, you will be formally invited to a professional discussion with the teaching team based around your knowledge of the further education and skills sector and the application of your subject specialism. Following the completion of these, you will then be asked to provide evidence of the qualifications listed above and apply for your enhanced DBS check with barred list information, which is required as part of your funding agreement and as a condition of your enrolment. Once this is in place, you will be invited to enrol onto the programme.

Should you be unsuccessful in your application, guidance will be provided to support you further.

Find out more about qualification requirements for this course.

English language requirements

GCSE English grade 4/C or above or functional skills level 2

https://www.blackpool.ac.uk/course/ST1HE0001https://www.blackpool.ac.uk/course/ST1HE0001

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.

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Fees and funding

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