Jack Browning
BA (Hons) Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
My tutors were very supportive and I have made many friends during my studies.
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Step into your future in teaching and training
If you enjoy sharing knowledge and helping others learn, this subject area provides a pathway into education, training and professional development roles.
Learn by doing
You will explore teaching methods, lesson planning, assessment and communication while developing practical skills that can be applied in real learning environments.
Our facilities and your support
You will learn in professional teaching environments supported by experienced tutors with extensive education sector knowledge.
Where this could take you
These qualifications can lead to teaching assistant roles, training positions, further study or professional teaching qualifications.
Student Success Stories
Emily Wicks
Professional Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)
The support from staff was incredible, and there was such a strong sense of community throughout the course. It's been a really good experience, and I always recommend it to anyone who wants to get into teaching.
Victoria Weeden
Professional Graduate Certificate in Education
My tutors were very supportive and all through the ups and downs at every step there was someone there. I thoroughly recommend the course because the tutors just ‘get it’ and allow you flexibility.
Celebrating Success 2026: Teaching and Learning Student of the Year – Abbie Jones
I started this course not only to become a qualified teacher and improve my practice, but also to prove to myself that I had the capability to achieve it. SECG has fantastic tutors and support staff, they are all brilliant and truly care about individual wellbeing and success. The smaller cohorts mean they have the time to dedicate to each student, guiding them to be their best selves. It was exactly what I needed to navigate my self‑doubts and learning needs. I would, and have, recommended the course to anyone who wishes to become a great teacher.
Monique Warburton
Level 6 Professional Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)
My journey back into education started with an Access to Teaching course. This helped me rebuild my confidence, especially in academic writing, and prepared me for studying at a higher level.
Jess Fleming
Level 3 Diploma in Childcare and Education, Early Years Care and Education BA (Hons)
Everything changed when I spoke to SECG for careers advice. I was invited to meet with the Early Years programme lead, and after that conversation, I felt inspired to take a leap and start my degree. It felt like the opportunity had found me rather than the other way around.
Our Courses
T Level Education & Early Years
BA (Hons) Special Educational Needs and Disability Studies - Part Time
BA (Hons) Special Educational Needs and Disability Studies - Full Time
Professional Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)
BA (Hons) Early Years Care and Education
Certificate in Education (CertEd)
iQualify Level 2 Award for Personal Licence Holders
iLearn Teaching Assistant (Preparing to Work in Schools)
iLearn Security (SIA Door Supervisor & CCTV)
Education and Training Level 3 Award
Helping shape your career pathway
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Primary Education Teaching Professionals
£34,380
Entry Level Salary
£41,654
Average Salary
£57,384.62
Potential Salary
Daily Tasks
- Assists with or plans and develops curriculum and rota of teaching duties.
- Discusses progress with student, parents and/or other education professionals.
- Supervises teaching assistants and trainees.
- Undertakes pastoral duties.
- Teaches simple songs and rhymes, reads stories and organises various activities to promote language, social and physical development.
- Maintains records of students’ progress and development.
- Prepares students for external examinations and administers and invigilates these examinations.
- Prepares, assigns and corrects exercises and examinations to record and evaluate students’ progress.
- Prepares and delivers courses and lessons in accordance with curriculum requirements and teaches a range of subjects.
Nursery Education Teaching Professionals
£29,250
Entry Level Salary
£32,110.07
Average Salary
£47,371.01
Potential Salary
Daily Tasks
- Assists with or plans and develops curriculum and rota of teaching duties.
- Observes and assesses students and discusses their progress with parents and/or other education professionals.
- Supervises teaching assistants and trainees.
- Undertakes pastoral duties.
- Supervises and cares for children, provides a secure learning environment and ensures their health and safety is maintained during all activities.
- Teaches simple songs and rhymes, reads stories and organises various activities to promote language, social and physical development.
- Prepares and delivers lessons in accordance with early years foundation stages curriculum and encourages and stimulates children's learning.
Special and Additional Needs Education Teaching Professionals
£20,610
Entry Level Salary
£41,242.92
Average Salary
£60,844.43
Potential Salary
Daily Tasks
- Discusses student’s progress with parents and other teaching professionals.
- Updates and maintains students’ records to monitor development and progress.
- Liaises with other professionals, such as social workers, speech and language therapists and educational psychologists.
- Supervises students in classroom and maintains discipline.
- Prepares, assigns and corrects exercises to record and evaluate students’ progress.
- Encourages the student to develop self-help skills to circumvent the limitations imposed by their disability.
- Develops and adapts conventional teaching methods to meet the individual student’s needs.
- Gives instruction, using techniques appropriate to the student’s disability.
- Assesses student’s abilities, identifies student’s needs and devises curriculum and rota of teaching duties accordingly.
- Creates a safe, stimulating and supportive learning environment for students.
Teaching Assistants
£22,194
Entry Level Salary
£20,255.99
Average Salary
£28,266.69
Potential Salary
Daily Tasks
- Helps with outings and other out-of-classroom activities.
- Makes simple teaching aids and constructs thematic displays of educational material or children’s work.
- Assists children with washing or dressing for outdoor and similar activities.
- Listens to children read, reads to them or tells stories.
- Looks after lesson materials such as paper, pencils and crayons.
- Assists teacher with preparation or clearing up of classroom.
Educational Support Assistants
£22,086
Entry Level Salary
£19,673.66
Average Salary
£29,579.93
Potential Salary
Daily Tasks
- Provides feedback to teachers and completes and maintains records.
- Attends to child’s physical needs.
- Helps and encourages child to communicate.
- Implements care programmes, as appropriate.
- Identifies signs of distress and offers reassurance.
- Helps child understand instruction through a variety of means and encourages self-confidence and independence.
- Supports schoolwork under teacher’s supervision.
Childminders
£20,178
Entry Level Salary
£20,377.80
Average Salary
£30,806.39
Potential Salary
Daily Tasks
- Complies with regulations set by OFSTED and their inspection requirements.
- Maintains appropriate records of children’s development.
- Takes older children to and from school.
- Takes children to participate in play groups or on appropriate outings.
- Provides, supervises and participates in children’s indoor and outdoor play activities to promote their development.
- Plans, prepares and serves children’s meals and supervises children during meals.
- Changes babies’ nappies and clothes as necessary and makes up bottles for feeds.
Playworkers
£17,496
Entry Level Salary
£6,791.44
Average Salary
£15,791.90
Potential Salary
Daily Tasks
- Liaises with parents, carers and colleagues and keeps appropriate records.
- Puts away equipment and cleans premises after use.
- Organises and supervises children’s activities in accordance with Health and Safety regulations, deals accordingly with injuries and emergencies.
- Organises and supervises children on excursions.
- Encourages children’s independence, self-confidence and social interaction.
- Provides play areas and prepares materials for a wide range of children’s activities.
- Supervises children’s games and encourages the development of physical, social and language skills.
Houseparents and Residential Wardens
£25,740
Entry Level Salary
£25,882.09
Average Salary
£38,861.41
Potential Salary
Daily Tasks
- Keeps records and writes reports.
- Maintains contact and discusses problems/progress with other staff and social workers.
- Establishes and maintains contact with members of the neighbouring community and/or the residents’ family and friends.
- May provide one-to-one counselling or group therapy.
- Manage the household (domestic duties).
- Ensures that students attend school regularly.
- Ensures that all material needs of residents are provided and endeavours to resolve any problems that they may have.
- Plans and participates in games and leisure activities to encourage emotional, social, physical and intellectual development.
- Creates friendly, secure atmosphere and tries to gain the trust and confidence of those in the home or under supervision.
School Midday and Crossing Patrol Occupations
£21,276
Entry Level Salary
£4,048.82
Average Salary
£11,564.92
Potential Salary
Daily Tasks
- Directs children to cross the road when safe.
- Signals approaching traffic to stop by using hand signals and school crossing signs.
- Waits for a safe gap in traffic and walks to the centre of road.
- Meets children wanting to cross the road and directs them to wait at the kerb.
- Assists young children with feeding, dressing, washing and toiletry activities.
- Cares for sick children and administers first aid if necessary.
- Supervises the playground activities of children during meal and break times.
Higher Education Teaching Professionals
£36,198
Entry Level Salary
£45,885.62
Average Salary
£79,270.47
Potential Salary
Daily Tasks
- Undertakes research, writes articles and books and attends conferences and other meetings.
- Directs the work of postgraduate students.
- Participates in decision making processes regarding curricula, budgetary, departmental and other matters.
- Provides pastoral care or guidance to students.
- Advises students on academic matters and encourages independent research.
- Prepares, administers and marks examinations, essays and other assignments.
- Prepares, delivers and directs lectures, seminars and tutorials.
Further Education Teaching Professionals
£26,550
Entry Level Salary
£35,048.55
Average Salary
£53,395.07
Potential Salary
Daily Tasks
- Liaises with other professional and commercial organisations to review course content.
- Assists with the administration of teaching and the arranging of timetables.
- Arranges instructional visits and periods of employment experience for students.
- Prepares, administers and marks examinations, essays and other assignments.
- Prepares, delivers and directs lectures, seminars and tutorials.
Secondary Education Teaching Professionals
£37,728
Entry Level Salary
£44,406
Average Salary
£60,834.19
Potential Salary
Daily Tasks
- Assists with or plans and develops curriculum and rota of teaching duties.
- Discusses progress with student, parents and/or other education professionals.
- Supervises teaching assistants and trainees.
- Undertakes pastoral duties.
- Supervises any practical work and maintains classroom discipline.
- Maintains records of students’ progress and development.
- Prepares students for external examinations and administers and invigilates these examinations.
- Prepares, assigns and corrects exercises and examinations to record and evaluate students’ progress.
- Prepares and delivers courses and lessons in accordance with curriculum requirements and teaches one or more subjects.
Teaching Professionals
£17,298
Entry Level Salary
£20,357.94
Average Salary
£48,428.82
Potential Salary
Daily Tasks
- Provides private academic, vocational and other instruction to individuals or groups.
- Manages/owns and teaches in private drama, music and dancing schools, training centres and similar establishments.
- Designs and implements methods of assessing the performance of students, co-ordinates and undertakes the evaluation of assessments and awards grades of merit based upon performance.
Education Managers
£30,204
Entry Level Salary
£44,615
Average Salary
£81,085.13
Potential Salary
Daily Tasks
- Designs and implements methods of assessing the performance of students, co-ordinates and undertakes the evaluation of assessments and awards grades of merit based upon performance.
- Assists with recruitment, public relations and marketing activities.
- Organises examinations, invigilation and any security procedures required.
- Drafts and interprets regulations, deals with queries and complaints procedures and coordinates and maintains quality assurance procedures.
- Acts as secretary to statutory and other bodies/committees associated with the educational establishment.
- Controls administrative aspects of student admission, registration and graduation.
- Leads or contributes to decision making processes regarding curricula, budgetary, disciplinary and other matters.
- Provides administrative support to the academic team.
- Considers staffing, financial, material and other short- and long-term needs.
Education Advisers and School Inspectors
£27,144
Entry Level Salary
£42,005.07
Average Salary
£76,341.74
Potential Salary
Daily Tasks
- Prepares reports on schools concerning teaching standards, educational standards being achieved, the spiritual, moral and social development of pupils, resource management etc.
- Observes teaching, assesses learning level and discusses any apparent faults with teachers, heads of department and head teachers.
- Arranges for the provision of school medical and meals services.
- Verifies that school buildings are adequately maintained.
- Appoints and controls teaching staff.
- Plans and advises on the provision of special schools for children with physical or learning disabilities.
- Advises on all aspects of education and ensures that all statutory educational requirements are being met.
Hotel and Accommodation Managers and Proprietors
£23,418
Entry Level Salary
£31,314.48
Average Salary
£55,720.31
Potential Salary
Daily Tasks
- Arranges for payment of bills, keeps accounts and ensures adherence to licensing and other statutory regulations.
- Approves and arranges shipboard entertainment and shore trips and liaises with ship’s agent to ensure that ship is adequately provisioned.
- Ensures physical comfort of residents or passengers and makes special arrangements for children, the elderly and the infirm if required.
- Determines financial, staffing, material and other short- and long-term needs.
- Analyses demand and decides on type, standard and cost of services to be offered.
Restaurant and Catering Establishment Managers and Proprietors
£22,212
Entry Level Salary
£21,181.33
Average Salary
£51,220.29
Potential Salary
Daily Tasks
- Determines staffing, financial, material and other short- and long-term requirements.
- Checks that supplies are properly used and accounted for to prevent wastage and loss and to keep within budget limit.
- Plans and arranges food preparation in collaboration with other staff and organises the provision of waiting or counter staff.
- Verifies that quality of food, beverages and waiting service is as required, that kitchen and dining areas are kept clean and appropriate hygiene standards are maintained in compliance with statutory requirements.
- Purchases or directs the purchasing of supplies and arranges for preparation of accounts.
- Discusses customer’s requirements for special occasions.
- Decides on range and quality of meals and beverages to be provided.
- Plans catering services and directs staff.
Catering and Bar Managers
£22,968
Entry Level Salary
£26,045
Average Salary
£39,692.85
Potential Salary
Daily Tasks
- Checks that supplies are properly used and accounted for to prevent wastage and loss and to keep within budget limit.
- Verifies that quality of food, beverages and waiting service are as required and that kitchen and dining areas are kept clean in compliance with statutory requirements.
- Purchases or directs the purchasing of supplies and arranges for preparation of accounts.
- Decides on range and quality of meals and beverages to be provided or discusses customer’s requirements for special occasions.
- Plans catering or bar services and supervises staff.
Bar Staff
£18,000
Entry Level Salary
£7,661.68
Average Salary
£17,905.18
Potential Salary
Daily Tasks
- Receives payment for drinks.
- Takes customer orders and mixes and serves drinks.
- Washes used glassware and cleans and tidies bar area.
- Assists in keeping bar properly stocked.
Bar and Catering Supervisors
£20,574
Entry Level Salary
£18,850.79
Average Salary
£42,423.39
Potential Salary
Daily Tasks
- Reports as required to managerial staff on work-related matters.
- Determines or recommends staffing and other needs to meet the organisation’s requirements.
- Liaises with managers and other senior staff to resolve operational problems.
- Establishes and monitors work schedules to meet the organisation’s requirements.
- Directly supervises and coordinates the activities of bar, waiting and catering staff.
Publicans and Managers of Licensed Premises
£21,996
Entry Level Salary
£35,506.76
Average Salary
£63,179.96
Potential Salary
Daily Tasks
- Maintains financial records for the establishment determines financial, staffing, material and other short- and long-term needs.
- Observes licensing laws and other statutory regulations and regulates behaviour of customers as necessary.
- Supervises bar, kitchen and cleaning staff and, if necessary, assists with the serving of drinks.
- Arranges purchase of alcoholic and other beverages, bar snacks, cigarettes and other items and ensures that stocks are stored in proper conditions.
Kitchen and Catering Assistants
£17,730
Entry Level Salary
£10,408
Average Salary
£21,408.48
Potential Salary
Daily Tasks
- Keeps service area well stocked.
- Prepares and serves beverages and light refreshments, accepts payment and gives change.
- Cleans and tidies service area, kitchen surfaces, crockery, cutlery, glassware, kitchen utensils and disposes of rubbish.
- Carries meat, vegetables and other foodstuffs from delivery van to storeroom and from storeroom to kitchen.
- Cleans or prepares food for cooks by hand or machine.
Higher Level Teaching Assistants
£22,536
Entry Level Salary
£22,613.47
Average Salary
£32,532.24
Potential Salary
Daily Tasks
- Helps with outings and other out-of-classroom activities.
- Makes simple teaching aids and constructs thematic displays of educational material or children’s work.
- Assists children with washing or dressing for outdoor and similar activities.
- Listens to children read, reads to them or tells stories.
- Manages and supports other teaching assistants.
- Assess, record and report on pupils' progress.
- Gives lessons to classes and individual students independently of the teacher.
- Assists teacher with preparation or clearing up of classroom.
- Assists with development of lesson plans and materials.
Security Guards and Related Occupations
£21,078
Entry Level Salary
£27,462.95
Average Salary
£38,853.36
Potential Salary
Daily Tasks
- Greets and organises people attending court cases, ensures necessary parties are present, calls defendants and witnesses, directs oath taking and keeps order in the courtroom.
- Patrols airport, checks passengers baggage, operates metal detectors and x-rays and assists in responding to emergency situations.
- Watches for illegal fishing or attempted smuggling.
- Ejects persons in illegal occupation of premises.
- Calls in civil police and gives evidence in court where necessary.
- Receives duty sheet, time-clock and keys for premises to be visited, checks locks, doors, windows, etc. and reports any suspicious circumstances to security headquarters.
- Provides entry security, checks tickets, manages queues, takes entry fees, and escorts people from the premises where necessary in a variety of public venues such as nightclubs, pubs and bars.
- Checks persons and vehicles entering and leaving premises, establishes their credentials and arranges for escorts for visitors.
- Monitors, patrols and deals with security difficulties in hotels, factories, offices and other premises, and public or private estates to prevent theft and unauthorised entry.
- Walks or rides near person requiring protection, watches for suspicious occurrences and defends guarded person from attack.
Protective Service Associate Professionals
£23,076
Entry Level Salary
£33,382.02
Average Salary
£49,341.86
Potential Salary
Daily Tasks
- Investigates crimes, including fraud, trading practices and the private affairs of individuals.
- Supervises and assigns duties to security and detection staff.
- Analyses security requirements, advises clients, and develops, monitors and improves security measures.
- Photographs, fingerprints and undertakes other forms of forensic examination at the scene of a crime.
- Receives distress messages, alerts other appropriate rescue services and participates in search and rescue operations.
- Broadcasts information on weather and maritime conditions, monitors shipping and provides instruction to navigators.
- Visits racecourses, greyhound stadiums and betting shops to ensure compliance with legal requirements.
- Maintains revenue control at breweries, tobacco factories and other premises where dutiable goods are manufactured, processed or stored.
- Examines passports, visas, work permits and other immigration documents, and allows or refuses entry into the UK.
- Examines, weighs and counts goods imported by ship or aircraft, ensures that the declared value of goods is satisfactory, and that duties and taxes have been paid.