BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS

This undergraduate course is designed for students who are committed to becoming primary school teachers. In only three years, you will gain a BA (Hons) degree and Qualified Teacher Status. Your degree will focus on children’s rights, values and learning. This course trains you to teach the three to seven age range, but this will not restrict you to working with this age group. You will study pedagogy and subject knowledge covering both the Early Years Foundation Stage and National Curriculum.  East London offers multicultural, multilingual and vibrant schools in which to learn, but your training at UEL will qualify you to teach anywhere in England or Wales. UEL’s Primary Education with QTS team is made up of experienced practitioners and researchers, who research a range of childhood issues and who have diverse experience in Primary and Early Years education. With high graduate employability, this qualification provides a wide range of opportunities for career development across the primary education sector.

Year 1

• School-Based Training 1a: Mental Wealth (Core)
• School-Based Training 1b: Professional Learning (Core)
• English Teaching in Primary Education (Core)
• Mathematics Teaching in Primary Education (Core)
• Applied Pedagogy and Classroom Practice (Core)
• Children’s Rights and Children’s Worlds (Core)

Year 2

• School-Based Training 2a: Mental Wealth (Core)
• School-Based Training 2b: Professional Learning (Core)
• Curriculum Subject Knowledge: Professional Development (Core)
• Curriculum Subject Knowledge: Policy Development (Core)
• Assessment in Primary Education (Core)
• Research Methods (Core)

This course offers the opportunity for year-long placement between years two and three. If you choose to take this option, you’ll spend your third year on a placement with a relevant company or organization, adding valuable practical experience to your growing academic knowledge.

The extra placement year means it will take four years to complete your studies, instead of three.

Year 3

• School-Based Training 3a: Mental Wealth (Core)
• School-Based Training 3b: Professional Learning (Core)
• Specialist Applied Project (Core)
• Values-based Teaching (Core)
• Wider School Life (Core)