PRIMARY EDUCATION WITH QUALIFIED TEACHER STATUS (QTS) BA (HONS)

• Teaching blends university-based sessions and school placements, with content revisited in both settings to reinforce learning.
• Methods include lectures, seminars, workshops, tutorials, group work, independent study, and practical lesson planning.
• You will learn from university lecturers, experienced teachers, and school leaders, with strong mentoring throughout.
• Weekly remote “School Experience Learning and Reflection” sessions support you during placements, alongside after-school mentor drop-ins.
• The programme emphasises collaborative and autonomous learning, with a focus on developing reflective, adaptable, and resilient teachers.
• Support includes a personal tutor, lead mentor, and access to student services (counselling, careers, learning support).
• Small cohort sizes allow for tailored support, regular formative feedback, and a close-knit learning community.

What you will do on school placements

Gaining hands-on teaching experience, with the guidance and support of a carefully selected school-based mentor is a dynamic and rewarding part of the course. At your placement schools you will: learn all about the school’s approach to Safeguarding and Child Protection; get to know the subject specialist colleagues in your school; learn the school’s rules and routines; familiarise yourself with curriculum content, building on your own subject knowledge; observe expert practitioners in themed research; gradually increase the time that you spend teaching and helping children learn, from delivering starters or plenaries, to coaching small groups, all the way up to taking charge of whole lessons by the end of the year; develop your own expertise by having dedicated time to reflect and gain feedback from your school-based mentor; have the opportunity to do “deep-dives” into four specific areas of teaching techniques in our Intensive Training and Practice weeks (ITAPs).

You will have a school-based mentor who will meet you at least once a week to help support you with your training programme. You will also have a Lead Mentor from the university, who will visit twice a term. We also provide you with a university tutor for well-being support.

Modules

Year 1

• School Experience Learning and Reflection 1
• Academic Skills
• Child Development
• Childhood and Children's Rights
• Inclusive Practice
• Core Curriculum
• Wider Curriculum

Year 2

• School Experience Learning and Reflection 2
• Introduction to Educational Research
• Pedagogy
• Working in Partnership
• Core Curriculum
• Wider Curriculum

Year 3

• School Experience Learning and Reflection 3
• Dissertation
• Contemporary Issues in Education
• Reflective Teacher
• Core Curriculum
• Wider Curriculum

Teaching Role

You will be ableto apply for primary school teaching positions in state-maintained schools.

Early Careers Support

You will receive structured support during your first years as a teacher, including a mentor, reduced teaching load, and access to professional development opportunities.

Career Progression

Once you have successfully completed your early career phase you can progress to a full-time teaching role with opportunities for further career development, including leadership positions.

Academic Entry Qualification Overview

• 104-120 UCAS tariff points, A-levels: BBB-BCC, T-Levels: Merit (C in Core), BTEC: DDM-DMM, CACHE Technical Level 3: B, Access to HE Diploma: Pass.
• Achieved a standard equivalent to a grade 4/C in GCSE examinations in English, mathematics and a science subject.
• We do not offer GCSE equivalency tests. We accept the equivalency tests in science (the single Science Biology and the combined), Mathematics and English offered by Equivalency Testing and A Star Equivalency.

Non-UK qualifications

We accept a range of oversees qualifications where they can be shown to be equivalent to English qualifications. Please consult the European Network of Information Centres in European Region (ENIC) for advice on equivalences.

Work/ School experience

Although we strongly recommend you have some experience within a mainstream school, this is not a mandatory requirement. We are aware that it can be difficult to gain experience therefore you do not need to have completed experience prior to applying. However, those applicants with experience tend to perform better if invited to interview as they can draw on this experience. Therefore, we recommend you try to gain experience as soon as it becomes practical to do so. If you have future experience arranged, please ensure you mention this in your application. Please also mention any experience of working with children of the relevant age phase such as brownies, scouts, sports clubs as well as non-UK and private school experience.

Fitness to Teach/ Health Requirements

If you are offered a place on the programme, you will be required to complete a Fitness to Teach Occupational Health check. All teacher training candidates who are offered a place must be certified as meeting national requirements for physical and mental fitness to teach, as set by the Department for Education. The cost of the Occupational Health check will be met by the applicant and more details will be provided if successful at interview.

DBS

If you are offered a place on the programme, you will be asked to apply for an enhanced check through the Disclosure and Barring Service as advised by the Department for Education. Applicants who have lived or worked outside the UK must undergo the same checks as other trainee teachers. In addition, further checks will also be carried out and applicants will be required to obtain a recent criminal record certificate from countries they have lived or worked in. A list of admissible certificates can be found on the UK government website: Criminal record checks for overseas applicants.

The cost of the DBS check will be met by the applicant and more details will be provided if successful at interview.

English and Mathematics Skills

Trainee’s fundamental knowledge in English and Mathematics is no longer assessed by the professional skills tests. You will need to demonstrate your fundamental knowledge by the end of the programme. 

Please contact us through the form below. After submitting a form we will contact you as soon as possible. We will delete your information one month after the beginning of the next academic year.