Steep Turns are part of the UK PPL Syllabus and yet Emergency Turns (ie for avoiding aircraft which are in close proximity) are not.
Errrrrrmmmm ... what did you think the steep turn is for? It is for avoidance! I know many students only learn it as an academic exercise, but not mine or even the ones I take for refresher training!
However while I demonstrate a max-rate turn (except in the Robin 400 - the wings tend to fall off!) I tell the students not to do them, as it is too easy to get into an incipient spin, at least in a PA28. I teach them to 60 degrees, and to get there as quickly as possible and turn 90 degrees. The slight improvement at max rate is not worth the risk of a spin, IMHO. Since I taught on PA28s so couldn't give them spin experience, I was not happy to have them deliberately pulling towards the stall in a steep bank!