I Want To Be A PE Teacher At A Junior School(children Aged 8-11), I Am Currently Doing A Sports Development Degree (BSc). I Should Get A 2:2 Degree Qualification, Is That Good Enough To Become A Teacher?

I am currently a football coach at a junior school as well, and hopefully from September I'm going to be coaching a secondary school team.

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Secondary schools usually prefer a 2:1, but for junior schools it is sometimes different; however, individual employers set their own requirements so you would have to enquire at schools you are interested in. You might also need a PGCE or equivalent qualification. A good source of information is the teaching website here.

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"Secondary Schools usually prefer a 2:1" This isn't strictly true. Although having a higher academic qualification shows better subject knowledge, it is the ability to communicate ideas that is more important . Primary school teaching is actually much more competitive than secondary school teaching, but for both you will need to demonstrate more skills than actual grade.
The difference between a 2:1 and 2:2 is large for graduate jobs like accountancy and private grad schemes, but then they have huge amounts of applications. There is really nothing between a student with a low 2:1 and someone with a high 2:2 and schools will recognise this (I speak as someone who has a first and recruits teachers)

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