The BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS degree is a three-year undergraduate course that leads to the award of an honours degree and qualified teacher status. This degree can also be partly studied through the medium of Welsh.
The course aims to prepare student teachers to be highly-skilled, confident, critically reflective and innovative practitioners who are committed to life-long professional learning and the education of young people.
Graduates will develop the values and dispositions that will enable them to be highly employable and ready to meet the demands of the classroom.
Distinctive features of the Degree include:
•University and school experiences that train student teachers to teach the Curriculum for Wales across the 3-11 age range
•Research-informed clinical practice where structured opportunities enable student teachers to use theory to interrogate practice and vice versa.
•A supportive and collaborative culture of learning
•School-led training days led by schools identified as leading providers of education and professional development
•A commitment to the development of Welsh language skills of all student teachers based on their individual experience and needs
Please note entry requirements are subject to change for 2025 entry
This course is also available to study through the medium of Welsh and can be found by searching Addysg Gynradd (3-11 ystod oedran) gyda SAC. The UCAS application code is X121.
Unfortunately, we are unable to consider deferred applications for this course.
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:
This course is not accepting applications at this time. Please contact the provider to find out more.
The following entry points are available for this course:
If your qualifications are not listed above, please contact Cardiff Met Admissions who will advise you.
Find out more about qualification requirements for this course.
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 7.5 | IELTS band score 7.5 overall and minimum of 7.0 in each component in the ‘academic’ IELTS test. |
Update on Historical Entry Grades Data
Please note that some courses include a foundation year, which has affected the accuracy of the data in this tool, which does not differentiate between Yr 0 entry and Yr 1 entry. As a result, these courses have been excluded this year. You can find more information on our website: www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/afteryouapply
This is the first year of the historical entry data tool (below), and we are committed to making improvements for future application cycles.
This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).
It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.
Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.
We are unable to show previous accepted grades for this course. This could be because the course is new, it's a postgraduate course, there isn't enough historical data, or the provider has opted out of sharing their entry grades data for this course - learn more.
This report uses your grades to show how students with similar results have done when applying to this course in the past. Sometimes, there isn’t data for every possible set of grades. When that happens, universities and colleges occasionally fill in the gaps for sets of grades that are typically accepted.
| Location | Fee | Year |
|---|
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
For additional costs relating to this programme, please refer to - https://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/additionalcosts
Fee information can be found at - https://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/fees
Email:askadmissions@cardiffmet.ac.uk
Phone:0300 3300 755
Email:askadmissions@cardiffmet.ac.uk
Phone:029 2041 6010
Email:opendays@cardiffmet.ac.uk
Phone:02920416042
Student Recruitment & Admissions
Western Avenue
Cardiff
CF5 2YB
At Cardiff Metropolitan University
