Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship - Metropolitan Police

Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship - Metropolitan Police

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7th September 2026

The Metropolitan Police Force is the largest police service in the UK.

Our officers and staff are at the heart of policing in the Met. Every day we rely on thousands of officers and staff who are committed to working together and with our communities and partners to successfully deliver the policing that Londoners need and deserve; people who share our values, are committed to high standards, and want to help create change for a better London.

If you’re looking for a challenging and rewarding role, our Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship allows you to earn as you learn and gives you a qualification in Professional Policing. You’ll get loads of experience, build your skills, and be an officer from your first day.

Our Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA) is a three-year programme that combines classroom learning with frontline experience on London’s streets.

Real-world policing experience will be central to this programme.

You’ll build on everything you learn, working in a number of different policing roles, from responding to emergency calls from the public to policing London’s neighbourhoods and working directly with communities. Each role will help you advance your skill set, enhance your knowledge and help you gain valuable experience.

You’ll also be required to complete operational and academic assessments from time to time, including exams, essays and presentations.

Your initial training will consist of 17 weeks at Hendon, including a 4 day introduction to the Met.

The initial learning at Hendon will include:

• policing, the law and police powers
• protection, vulnerability and public protection
• policing communities, response policing and investigating crime
• police leadership, coaching and mentoring
• officer safety training
• emergency life support
• safeguarding
• crime investigation and operational policing skills

The first four days you will work 08:00 – 16:00 shifts. From then on the shift pattern at Hendon during your training is alternating weeks of earlies and late shifts. It is Mon – Fri, 07:00 – 15:00 (early), and 14:00 – 22:00 (late).

The next ten weeks you will spend working in a police team, based on a London borough. This will be alongside dedicated experienced police officer’s acting as ‘tutor constables’. This is called street duties, and is where you can put into practice what you have been taught.

The remainder of your three years will be spent building on what you have learnt so far. You’ll enhance your skills, experience and knowledge through a number of different policing roles, including working on teams that respond to emergency calls from the public, and as officers policing London’s neighbourhoods working with communities.

You’ll complete further learning in year two, twice for up to three weeks of learning. In your final year, you’ll have the opportunity to undertake research into an area of policing you’re particularly interested in. You’ll then present your research by way of an academic poster and short briefing.

Throughout your training you will need to complete operational and academic assessments. Academic assessments include exams, essays and presentations.

Upon successfully completing your three year programme you’ll be a fully qualified police constable and will graduate from your degree.

The three-year training will also count as your probation. On successful completion, you’ll graduate from both the degree and the probation.

It can take up to six months for the entire process to be completed, but the career that you will be building is worth the wait.

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