Primary Education with QTS

This undergraduate primary education course will give you a degree and a QTS qualification. You will learn about children’s rights, core educational values and learning methods. The subjects and pedagogical approaches you study will be tailored to the developmental needs and learning styles of children aged 5-11.

The primary education programme will mix theory and practice and teach you:

how to create engaging and inclusive learning environments
effectively manage primary classrooms; and
inspire young minds to reach their full potential.
After graduation, you will be fully qualified to teach in primary schools, making a difference in the lives of children and the wider educational community.

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), Child Development, Applied Pedagogy and Classroom Management (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)

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)

For more information about individual modules, please visit our course pages via the link below.

We assess all modules through different forms of coursework. Assessment methods include group work, exams and individual work including essays.

In addition to writing traditional essays, you'll be required to write reports, policy reviews and give presentations. This is to ensure you gain skills that are relevant to and can be transferred to the workplace. In your final year, you'll write a research dissertation.

All grades count towards your module mark.

More details will be included in the student handbook and module guides. Feedback is provided within 15 working days in line with UEL's assessment and feedback policy.

Coursework will include presentations, research-based assignments, portfolios of work and practical exercises.

YEAR 1: Coursework 100%
YEAR 2: Coursework 100%
YEAR 3: Coursework 100%

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:

• Primary