Primary Education (Accelerated Degree)

*Fast track your future in education. Earn your primary education degree in just two years and start making a difference to children’s lives sooner. *

Fast-track your career
If you’re passionate about helping children thrive and want to progress into the classroom, this accelerated primary education course gets you there sooner.

You'll complete your degree in just two intensive years, without compromising academic depth, while developing the confidence, critical thinking, and real-world experience needed to work with children across the primary age range.

This course takes a child-centred, reflective approach to education. You’ll explore how children learn and develop, question current practice, and engage with the social and educational issues shaping schools today.

As part of this primary education course, you'll:

• Learn from experienced educators and specialists with backgrounds across schools and the wider education sector

• Explore key module themes including social justice, inclusive practice, child development, the National Curriculum, and educational policy

• Build confidence and professional skills through supported placements, working directly with children in real learning environments

• Connect theory to practice, deepening your understanding of teaching and learning in action

You’ll graduate with a strong academic foundation, professional confidence, and a clear sense of direction, ready for the next step in your education chapter.

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Placements that bring learning to life
We work closely with local schools and education providers to ensure your studies reflect current classroom practice. The degree provides an ideal opportunity for you to identify your chosen pathway into primary education. You’ll be immersed in children’s learning environments, observing how priority areas such as EAL, SEND, and the teaching of core subjects are addressed across the primary phase. Alongside this, you’ll undertake a block placement in a primary school and gain experience in a range of wider educational settings, including galleries, museums, pupil referral units, family centres, and charities. Your placements will help you build practical experience and enhance your employability.

Placements also give you the opportunity to:

• Plan and deliver cross-curricular activities

• Support children in the classroom

• Gain insight into primary school education and wider children’s services

• Build experience beyond traditional settings, including outdoor learning centres and alternative and specialist learning provision

These experiences help you grow in confidence, refine your strengths, and make informed choices about your future in education and child-focused careers.

Why study the BA Primary Education (Accelerated) course at Leeds Beckett University?

• 94% of students on BA (Hons) Primary Education (Accelerated Degree) were positive about the availability of specialist facilities (National Student Survey 2025)

• Graduate in just two years, without compromising the quality of your education

• Build real world experience through placements in schools and specialist settings

• Designed to propel you into postgraduate teacher training, including PGCE with QTS programmes

• No formal exams – you’ll be assessed through coursework and practical learning while you develop broad primary-phase knowledge

<strong> Year 1 Core Modules: </strong>

• Early Years Studies
• Engaging Teaching & Learning
• How Children Learn: Psychology & Development
• Introduction to Research
• Primary Curriculum Studies
• Professional Experience 1
• My Development
• Professional Experience 2
• Celebrating Special Educational Needs & Disability
• Critical Perspectives on Issues in Primary Education
• Social Perspectives of Primary Education
• Evidence Influenced Practice

<strong> Year 2 Core Modules: </strong>

• A Broad & Balanced Curriculum
• Inclusive Storytelling
• Dissertation
• Global Perspectives of Primary Education
• UK Education Studies