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Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE): course directory

An overview and directory of SKE courses for initial teacher training (ITT) providers and course applicants.

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From:
Department for Education
Published:
16 April 2014
Last updated:
1 July 2026
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  1. Updated to state that all subject knowledge enhancement courses are closed for this academic year. Further information about courses and funding for the 2026 to 2027 academic year will be provided in due course.

  2. Updated course directory entries for providers that are not currently recruiting.

  3. Updated the status of SKE providers that no longer have availability, including BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, Birmingham Newman University, Carmel College, GITEP SCITT, Leicester and Leicestershire SCITT, Lydiate Learning, Tes Institute, University of Chichester, University of East London, University of Wolverhampton and Yorkshire and the Humber.

  4. Updated directory for providers that no longer have availability: Birmingham City University, The Gorse, St Mary’s and University of Bedfordshire.

  5. Updated directory for providers that no longer have availability: Liverpool Hope University, Bradford college, The Polesworth School, Gloucestershire Initial Teacher Education Partnerships (GITEP), University of Worcester, Lydiate Learning Trust, Leicester and Leicestershire, Mersey Boroughs ITT Partnership, University of Brighton, Carmel College, Yorkshire and the Humber Teacher Training, University of Portsmouth and University of Sussex.

  6. Updated the availability and recruitment status of SKE courses at North East Learning Trust, Leicester and Leicestershire SCITT, and Exchange Teacher Training.

  7. Updated the status of SKE courses at Barr Beacon SCITT, Tes Institute and the University of East London.

  8. Removed The University of East London, TES Institute, and Barr Beacon SCITT from the 'Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE): course directory' as they no longer have availability.

  9. Updated the course length for University of Sussex and University of Chichester directory entries.

  10. Removed the chemistry section to reflect a major change to the SKE subject package for the remainder of the 2025 to 2026 academic year. Removed the provider Edge Hill, as it is not delivering SKE this academic year.

  11. Updated the course entries for Leicester and Leicestershire SCITT, to reflect changes in course length.

  12. Updated the course length for GITEP SCITT directory entries.

  13. Updated the University of Wolverhampton to 'Online' course delivery for mathematics and computing.

  14. Updated to reflect the new academic year.

  15. Updated course directory entries for providers that are not currently recruiting.

  16. Updated course directory entries for institutions that are not currently recruiting.

  17. Updated course directory entries for institutions that are not currently recruiting.

  18. Updated the 'Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) course directory' to reflect changes in course availability.

  19. Updated course directory entries for the University of Sussex, which is not currently recruiting.

  20. 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.

  21. 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.

  22. 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.

  23. 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.

  24. Updated links to websites for Carmel College and GORSE SCITT.

  25. Updated the region for Delta Academies Trust from Yorkshire and Humber to national.

  26. Updated to reflect the new academic year.

  27. Edge Hill University has been removed as a supplier of computing courses as its places have all been filled.

  28. 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.

  29. Removed the University of Sussex and the University of Wolverhampton from the course directory as they are no longer accepting new applicants.

  30. Updated the course directory to remove University of Portsmouth and GITEP SCITT, which are not accepting new applicants.

  31. 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.

  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.

  33. 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.

  34. 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.

  35. 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.

  36. Updated course directory to remove French from GORSE SCITT under the 'Languages' section.

  37. Added information for candidates who accepted offers in discontinued subjects before 11 April 2024.

  38. Updated course directory to remove biology, design and technology, English, religious education and primary maths.

  39. Updated directory: added GITEP SCITT, changed contact details for Birmingham City University, University of Worcester added to English.

  40. Updated directory with changes to the biology, chemistry, computing, design and technology, English, languages, mathematics, physics, and religious education sections.

  41. 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.

  42. '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'.

  43. 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.

  44. 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.

  45. 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.

  46. 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.

  47. Updated directory to include changes to the biology, chemistry, computing, design and technology, English, mathematics, religious education and physics sections.

  48. Updated directory with changes to the chemistry, computing, mathematics, physics and primary mathematics sections.

  49. Updated contact details for Delta Academies Trust.

  50. Updated directory to include changes to the mathematics and religious education sections.

  51. Added BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT under 'Computing' and University of Chichester under 'Mathematics'.

  52. Updated the sections on: biology, chemistry, English, mathematics and physics.

  53. Updated the sections on: biology, chemistry, computing, design and technology, English, languages, mathematics, physics, religious education and primary mathematics.

  54. Updated directory to include changes to the biology, chemistry, computing, English, languages, mathematics, physics, religious education and primary mathematics sections.

  55. Updated following the replacement of grant funding for subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) with a multi-provider framework agreement. Updated directory of SKE course providers.

  56. Updated subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) course directory.

  57. Updated subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) course directory.

  58. Removed information about the directory being updated at the beginning of 2021 as this is now out of date.

  59. Updated directory to include changes to the biology, chemistry, design and technology, English and physics sections.

  60. Updates made to SKE provider details.

  61. Updated the directory. Added Mersey Boroughs ITT Partnership as a national provider for design and technology, and primary mathematics.

  62. Updated subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) course directory.

  63. Removed the list of previous providers of SKE geography as this course is no longer offered.

  64. Added details about SKE funding in the 2020 to 2021 academic year in relation to the government's Spending Review.

  65. Updated subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) course directory.

  66. Added primary mathematics as a category and an SKE provider, and updated the other subjects with new providers.

  67. Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) course directory updated for the new academic year.

  68. Updated Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) course directory listings for Bradford College.

  69. Updated document 'Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) course directory'.

  70. Added updated subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) course directory.

  71. Updated the document 'Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE): course providers' to correct a filtering error.

  72. Updated SKE provider directory and overview.

  73. Updated SKE provider directory and overview.

  74. Updated courses in the course provider list.

  75. Removed the University of Worcester as a maths SKE course provider. Added Spectrum Spanish as a Spanish SKE course provider.

  76. Updated SKE provider overview and course provider list.

  77. Updated directory of SKE course providers.

  78. Added new courses and updated existing course details.

  79. Updated SKE provider overview and SKE course providers attachments.

  80. Updated course providers

  81. Subject Knowledge Enhancement: course providers spreadsheet updated

  82. Updated course providers.

  83. Updated SKE course providers spreadsheet

  84. latest SKE course providers directory added

  85. updated SKE course directory form

  86. Updated directory of SKE course providers and SKE provider overview

  87. Updated SKE provider overview and SKE course providers.

  88. Updated SKE provider overview and course provider list.

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  91. Updated SKE provider overview and course provider list

  92. Updated subject knowledge enhancement list of course providers.

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  94. Updated subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) directory of course providers and provider overview

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  96. Updated SKE course directory and overview.

  97. SKE directory updates

  98. Update to SKE provider list

  99. Directory and providers overview updated.

  100. Subject Knowledge Enhancement course directory updated.

  101. Update to the SKE directory

  102. Updated list of subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) course providers.

  103. Provider details updated

  104. Updated SKE course directory and overview.

  105. Update to course providers.

  106. Update to course providers

  107. Updated subject knowledge enhancement list of course providers.

  108. New courses added

  109. Amended dates for University of Greenwich, St Mary’s University. New Provider: Cheshire East SCITT added

  110. New courses added

  111. New courses added

  112. Updated to include University of Chester and updated Birmingham City University mathematics course.

  113. New courses added

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  117. New courses available to search

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  123. First published.

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

This information is for:

  • ITT providers that are referring individuals for SKE courses
  • applicants to SKE courses

The Department for Education funds SKE courses in:

  • computing
  • mathematics
  • modern languages
  • physics

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