Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Professional Development

Kingston University's School of Education offers a variety of postgraduate qualifications in education to suit your needs, including our continuing professional development (CPD) programme and our innovative taught doctorate.

Our portfolio of postgraduate pathways offers critically engaging specialist input and support for your professional development and career advancement. These professionally endorsed courses are designed to provide you with a suitable environment and forum in which to explore and research the educational issues which are currently most relevant and important to you and to the future of our schools and colleges.

Why Kingston?

Our last Ofsted inspection recognized Kingston as one of the country's top CPD providers. This was reinforced in the Centre for the Use of Research and Evidence in Education (CUREE) most recent survey report which commented on the high quality of provision; excellent levels of student satisfaction; above average completion rates; and the impressive evidence relating to the impact of student study and research on teaching and learning in their school settings.

Our consistent top three placing in the annual National Student Survey Report also reflects a high level of graduate satisfaction, being based entirely on independent data collected from our students in their final year. The School of Education at Kingston University continues to maintain its top 5 position in the Guardian UK University league table.

Our courses are designed in collaboration with local authorities, schools, colleges and a wide range of educational organisations. This ensures a content and delivery that meets the needs of the ever changing world of education, keeping you up to date with the latest developments and initiatives.

We are keen to support the career development and professional enhancement of specialists working in education across all age ranges - including non-teaching staff - and provide a highly professional, responsive environment to assure success. We offer you the opportunity to reflect on and analyse current policy developments in education and to lead and develop your own areas of interest.

About the programme

The CPD courses are modular, providing a flexible approach to postgraduate study. We recognise that teachers and other educationalists cannot always commit themselves to following linear programmes of study and so we have built a considerable degree of flexibility into our programmes.

The CPD programme provides both short and long term courses for the following groups:

  • Teachers who want to update their knowledge
  • Teachers who have qualified overseas
  • People returning to teaching
  • People in a support function who want to qualify as a teacher
  • Governors or any adults who work in schools and want to learn more about education

The award-bearing programmes (longer-term courses) are assessed through course work only, and your work will be strongly rooted in the activities of your professional life. Tasks and assignments will require examples drawn from your practice, and course content and your work activities will complement and test out each other.

Our courses are available to those who work in educational organisations and are suitable for professionals who either have qualifications and/or significant work experience and would like to update and expand their knowledge in particular subject areas. The CPD programme course tutors are always willing to provide consultative interviews and discussions to prospective students.

Find out more about our professional development courses:

Further information

cpdoffice@kingston.ac.uk
tel: 020 8417 5145