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Primary Education and Teaching Studies

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  • Undergraduate
CU London (Dagenham)
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Course summary

Play a key role in educating young minds, nurturing talents and supporting future generations. Gain essential knowledge, hands-on classroom experience and become ready to teach primary education.

Build the skills and knowledge you need to start your journey in an exciting and rewarding career, ensuring you’re equipped with everything you need to teach modern primary education.

  • You’ll explore both theory and hands-on learning that links directly to how schools work today and how education is changing. You’ll cover subjects like music, art, geography and history while developing your confidence in the classroom.

  • Whether you’ve been out of school for a while, or come from an international background, this course aims to prepare you fully to have the theoretical and practical skills you need to effectively teach at a primary school age.

  • This course is designed to prepare you for the next step – gaining QTS – so you’re ready to become a fully qualified and confident primary school teacher.

Why you should study this course

  • Designed to get you ready for the real-life demands of today’s primary classroom.

  • Focuses on building subject knowledge through practical, hands-on learning.

  • Uses the latest research and evidence to support your studies.

  • Assesses your progress through tasks you’re likely to face in the workplace.

  • Encourages regular reflection to support your personal, academic and professional growth.

For the most up-to-date information about course modules, sandwich years or part-time learning, please visit our website.

Modules

Course Modules

Year 1 (30 credits each):
Foundations of Learning
Creativity and the Arts
Language and Communication
Evidence Informed Teaching Practice
Placement modules

Year 2: (30 credits each)
Teaching the Core Curriculum in Key stage one
Well-being in school
Time, People and Places One
Research Design

Final Year: (30 credits each)
Mastering English and Maths in Key stage two
Adaptive Teaching Practices
Creating an Authentic Curriculum
Research for the Classroom

For the latest information please check our website.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • CU Scarborough
  • CU London (Dagenham)

Study options

  • Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) • Full-Time • 3 Years

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Application codes

Institution code:
C85

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Application codes

Institution code:
C85

This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available.

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Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

UCAS Tariff
Offer: 104

from a minimum of two A2 levels.

Access to HE Diploma

The Access to HE Diploma to include 15 Level 3 credits at Merit. Plus GCSE English and GCSE Mathematics at grade 4 / C or above.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

GCSE maths and English at grade 4 / C or Functional Skills Level 2, or other equivalent Level 2 awards.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
D*D

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Offer: 28

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
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We’re here to help you achieve your study goals. If your qualifications or expected levels of grades differ from those outlined above, chat with our admissions team and between us we will explore the possibilities open to you. We accept a range of qualifications and our study experience is designed to give you options and support from the start.
Contact us via our website to find out more.

Additional entry requirements

Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) / Disclosure Scotland Check

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

Grades alone don’t tell us everything about your potential and your story. We use information from your application to assess achievements in your personal situation to support fair and equal access. For example, we consider where you live, your school, if you are a carer or a care leaver or have experienced disruption to your education.
We have different schemes that recognise this context that may result in a reduced offer by up to 24 UCAS points or equivalent.

Learn more on the Coventry University website

Historical entry grades data

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.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Per year tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands & Republic of Ireland£9790*

* This is a provisional fee and subject to change.

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.

Additional fee information

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 .

Studying this course with a sandwich year incurs an additional £1,575 fee (£1,900 for international students) to cover your academic support throughout your placement year.

For full international fees and the most up to date information about tuition fees, please check the relevant course page of the Coventry University website.

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