Subject Knowledge Enhancement
You may benefit from completing a subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) course before you start your teacher training with us to top up your subject knowledge. We can direct you to either DFE-funded courses or provide you with our own in-house VNHTT SKE programme to follow. 
Who might benefit from Subject Knowledge Enhancement?
This can help when you have (one or more of the following):
- finished your degree more than 5 years ago
- a different but related degree to the subject you want to teach
- an A level but not a degree in the subject you want to teach
- an unrelated degree but relevant professional experience
- studied for a languages degree, but need to develop a second language to an acceptable level for teaching in schools
DFE-funded SKE subjects
SKE courses were funded by the DFE in 5 secondary subjects for 2026-27. The DFE will soon announce the funding available to support successful applicants for 2027-28.
- Chemistry
- Computing
- Mathematics
- Modern Foreign Languages
- Physics
VNHTT in-house SKE courses
In secondary subjects without a DFE-funded SKE option, when needed we set up our own pre-course in-house SKE courses to help give new recruits the knowledge and confidence to hit the ground running in September.
For more information, visit the DFE Get into Teaching SKE page or contact us on enquiries@vnhtt.org.
