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Change description : 2025-03-19 09:39:00: Removed Edge Hill University from the course directory and removed University of Worcester as a supplier of French courses. Removed 8, 12 and 16 week courses from AAA Eureka MBITT SKE for French and removed 8 and 12 week courses from AAA Eureka MBITT SCITT for maths. [Guidance and regulation]

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Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE): course directory

An overview and directory of subject knowledge enhancement courses for lead schools and initial teacher training (ITT) providers.

From:
Department for Education
Published
16 April 2014
Last updated
1719 FebruaryMarch 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) course directory

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Use this course directory to search for current providers of SKE courses.

This information is for School Direct lead schools and initial teacher training (ITT) providers that are referring individuals for SKE courses.

The Department for Education (DfE) funds SKE courses in:

  • chemistry
  • computing
  • modern languages
  • mathematics
  • physics

School Direct is a school-led route into ITT. It is run as a partnership between a lead school, other schools and an accredited teacher training provider.

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Published 16 April 2014
Last updated 1719 FebruaryMarch 2025 + show all updates

    3. Updated the North East Learning Trust’s (NELT) website and added 16 week courses for all of NELT’s courses. Removed Birmingham Newman University from physics, removed 16, 20, 24 and 28 week courses from Birmingham Newman University's remaining subjects and removed St Mary's University from computing.

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Update history

2025-04-30 11:09
Updated the course directory for the University of Chichester, which now offers only 8-week mathematics courses, and for the University of East London and Barr Beacon SCITT, which are not currently recruiting.

2025-03-19 09:39
Removed Edge Hill University from the course directory and removed University of Worcester as a supplier of French courses. Removed 8, 12 and 16 week courses from AAA Eureka MBITT SKE for French and removed 8 and 12 week courses from AAA Eureka MBITT SCITT for maths.

2025-02-17 11:01
Updated the North East Learning Trust’s (NELT) website and added 16 week courses for all of NELT’s courses. Removed Birmingham Newman University from physics, removed 16, 20, 24 and 28 week courses from Birmingham Newman University’s remaining subjects and removed St Mary’s University from computing.

2025-02-07 15:25
Updated the course directory as ‘Delta Academies Trust’ changed to ‘Exchange Teacher Training’, ‘Leicestershire Secondary SCITT ‘ changed to ‘Leicester and Leicestershire SCITT’ and now operates nationally and North East Learning Trust has a new e-mail address.

2025-01-10 14:49
Updated links to websites for Carmel College and GORSE SCITT.

2024-12-03 10:32
Updated the region for Delta Academies Trust from Yorkshire and Humber to national.

2024-10-08 16:33
Updated to reflect the new academic year.

2024-07-26 11:53
Edge Hill University has been removed as a supplier of computing courses as its places have all been filled.

2024-07-17 12:43
Removed the University of East London, University of Brighton and Edge Hill University from the directory for chemistry, languages, mathematics and physics and removed the University of East London and University of Brighton for computing.

2024-06-28 16:11
Removed the University of Sussex and the University of Wolverhampton from the course directory as they are no longer accepting new applicants.

2024-06-27 12:36
Updated the course directory to remove University of Portsmouth and GITEP SCITT, which are not accepting new applicants.

2024-06-21 10:52
Updated the course directory to remove AAA Eureka MBITT SKE and the University of Worcester, which are not accepting new applicants. Also removed GITEP SCITT for chemistry, computing, languages and physics. Added the University of Portsmouth’s 8-week course in French or Spanish.

2024-06-19 15:32
Updated the course directory to remove Barr Beacon SCITT, Leicestershire Secondary SCITT, Liverpool Hope University and Lydiate Learning Trust who are no longer offering courses. We have reduced the chemistry and physics courses at University of Worcester to 8 weeks and have removed the computing course at the University of Sussex. We have added the University of Sussex for maths, chemistry and physics.

2024-06-18 11:19
Updated course directory to remove the following providers, who are no longer offering courses: University of Bedfordshire, Delta Academies Trust, GORSE SCITT, Tes Institute and The Spanish Course.

2024-06-05 16:33
Updated course directory to remove: North East Learning Trust, St Mary’s University, Teach First, University of Brighton, Yorkshire and Humber Teacher Training and University of Birmingham who are all no longer offering courses in chemistry, French, Spanish, mathematics (except University of Brighton) and physics.

2024-05-31 13:27
Updated course directory to remove the following providers: Birmingham City University, Bradford College, Carmel College, The Polesworth School, University of Chichester and University of Portsmouth. The University of Sussex is no longer offering courses in Chemistry, French, Spanish, Mathematics and Physics.

2024-05-20 10:54
Updated course directory to remove French from GORSE SCITT under the ‘Languages’ section.

2024-05-03 09:30
Added information for candidates who accepted offers in discontinued subjects before 11 April 2024.

2024-04-11 09:30
Updated course directory to remove biology, design and technology, English, religious education and primary maths.

2023-11-24 15:55
Updated directory: added GITEP SCITT, changed contact details for Birmingham City University, University of Worcester added to English.

2023-10-20 15:55
Updated directory with changes to the biology, chemistry, computing, design and technology, English, languages, mathematics, physics, and religious education sections.

2023-02-16 12:12
Nottingham Trent University, University of Portsmouth and University of Worcester have been added. The contact for University of Brighton and the English SKE course lengths for University of Sussex have been updated.

2022-12-08 12:44
‘Teach First’ has been added to the directory for ‘Biology’, ‘Chemistry’, ‘Computing, ‘Mathematics’ and ‘Physics’. The ‘Design and Technology’ section has also been updated to remove the ‘North East Learning Trust’ and ‘Leicestershire Secondary SCITT’.

2022-11-08 16:47
GORSE SCITT has been added. URLs for the University of Wolverhampton and Liverpool Hope University, the region for Liverpool Hope University and Yorkshire and Humber Teacher Training, and the course length for North East Learning Trust have all been updated.

2022-10-17 12:12
The directory has been updated for the 2022 to 2023 academic year with changes to biology, chemistry, computing, design and technology, English, languages, mathematics, religious education, physics and primary mathematics.

2022-05-25 12:21
Region for Leicestershire Secondary SCITT changed from National to East Midlands. Archway Learning Trust deleted from mathematics, religious education and primary mathematics. AAA Eureka MBITT SKE and Yorkshire and Humber Teaching Training added to primary mathematics.

2022-04-21 13:04
Updated directory – University of Brighton’s biology, chemistry and physics courses are now national and delivered online. Archway Learning Trust is no longer offering a long computing course. University of Brighton’s maths course is now national. University of Chichester now offers a medium-length maths course.

2022-04-05 16:16
Updated directory to include changes to the biology, chemistry, computing, design and technology, English, mathematics, religious education and physics sections.

2022-03-17 15:42
Updated directory with changes to the chemistry, computing, mathematics, physics and primary mathematics sections.