Primary Education (QTS)

98% of our Primary Education students were in employment or further study 15 months after finishing their course - Graduate Outcomes Survey 2025

Train to teach and inspire the next generation with a BA (Hons) Primary Education at Canterbury Christ Church University. This undergraduate degree leads to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), preparing you to become a qualified and confident primary school teacher.

As the only undergraduate teacher training provider in Kent, we offer a supportive community, expert tutors, and strong partnerships with local schools. You'll combine hands-on classroom experience with theory, gaining the knowledge and ability to become a highly skilled teaching professional.

What you’ll learn

• Apply evidence-based teaching methods in the classroom to create engaging, inclusive, and effective lessons.

• Reflect critically on your teaching to continually improve children's learning outcomes.

• Inspire curiosity and a love of learning through creativity and innovative approaches.

• Build inclusive learning communities that value diversity, culture, and mutual respect.

• Collaborate professionally with children, families, and educators to support every child’s education and wellbeing.

You'll learn how to manage behaviour and implement the curriculum as you develop the confidence to plan, teach and assess the whole class, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Upon graduation, you'll be able to implement these skills and processes in school, having been equipped with the knowledge and understanding to be the best teacher you can be.

By choosing Primary Education at Canterbury Christ Church University, you’ll join a vibrant learning community that’s committed to helping you thrive.

Course Modules

For a list of core and likely optional modules, please visit our website.

https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/courses/primary-education

You will be assessed for the award of your academic qualification through your assignments and through your teaching in school. All modules must be successfully passed in order to progress and complete the course.

You will submit assignments for all of the taught modules. The assessment will include a wide range of tasks, including written essays and assignments, multi-media submissions, oral presentations, research tasks and portfolios of evidence of your learning. The assignments are designed to help you investigate in detail particular aspects of pedagogy, educational theory or research which will have relevance to your teaching, and to reflect on how theory has informed, or can inform, your practice.

Your professional learning in school or other educational settings will be underpinned, informed and assessed through evidence of your impact on children's learning and progress, and through evidence of your engagement with your own personal and professional development. You will receive formative feedback during your placement experiences about your progress. How you meet the professional standards for teaching in England will be assessed at the end of the final placement in Level 6.

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:

• Has qualified teacher status