Primary Education (QTS)
Kingston University
UCAS Code: XQD5 | Bachelor of Arts - BA
Entry requirements
A level
Other A Level combinations possible to achieve 112-128 points. Minimum of 2 A Levels, can be combined with other Level 3 qualifications eg. AS levels/Extended Project to achieve 112-128 (Subject grades achieved at AS level and taken at A2 do not count).
Can be combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 -128 points. (Subject grades achieved at AS level and taken at A2 do not count).
Access to HE Diploma
Achieve 112-128 UCAS Points from Access to Teacher Training course. This is normally achieved with 45 level 3 credits and 15 level 2 credits of which 30 of the level 3 credits should ideally be at Distinction and 15 at Merit. Other combinations of distinctions and merits to the value of 112-128 points can also be accepted.
Can be combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 - 128 points.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
A minimum of 5 GCSE passes (9-4 or A*-C) in English, Maths & Science plus 2 other subjects.
112 - 128 UCAS points made up of 6 components - usually comprising of 3 subjects at 'higher level' and 3 at 'standard' level.
A minimum of 112 - 128 UCAS points usually from 5 subjects.
OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma
Grade combinations between 112 - 128 points considered when combined with other Level 3 qualifications including AS and Extended Project to achieve 112 - 128 points. (Subject grades achieved at AS level and then taken at A2 do not count).
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 - 128 tariff points.
OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma
Grade combinations below 112 - 128 points considered when combined with other Level 3 qualifications including AS and Extended Project to achieve 112 - 128 points. (Subject grades achieved at AS level and then taken at A2 do not count).
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 - 128 tariff points.
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 - 128 tariff points.
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 - 128 tariff points.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Grade combinations between 112-128 points considered when combined with other Level 3 qualifications including AS and Extended Project to achieve 112-128 points. (Subject grades achieved at AS level and taken at A2 do not count).
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112-128 tariff points
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Grade combinations below 112-128 points considered when combined with other Level 3 qualifications including AS and Extended Project to achieve 112-128 (Subject grades achieved at AS level and taken at A2 do not count).
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112-128 tariff points.
Achieve a minimum of 112-128 tariff points achieved from either five Highers or a combination of two Highers offered with two Advanced Highers.
T Level
T Levels are accepted if achieved grades within this range in Education & Childcare.
UCAS Tariff
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About this course
**Reasons to choose Kingston**
- Kingston has been training teachers for over 100 years.
- We have over 200 partnership schools to ensure you have excellent support and a diverse experience.
- In addition to your placements in schools, you’ll have a "Beyond the Classroom" experience in an alternative learning environment such as museum education arts education, theatre education, sports or recreational activities.
- Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the framework's two new student experience and student outcomes categories.
**About this course**
Few careers are as rewarding, or as important, as teaching. Choosing to study at Kingston will give your career the best possible start.
On this course, you’ll spend at least 120 days in school, developing your teaching skills with support from expert colleagues and you’ll gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). Your professional practice will give you experience of teaching children from different backgrounds in a variety of settings.
You’ll also study pedagogy (the art of teaching), theories of learning and child development, safeguarding, and ways of supporting pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). If you’re offered a place on this course, we recommend you spend time in a primary school to
become familiar with the teaching environment.
**Future Skills**
Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability.
As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge.
At Kingston University, we're not just keeping up with change, we're creating it.
**Career opportunities**
Graduates become class teachers, subject leaders, headteachers, tutors and members of advisory and inspection teams. Others progress into related fields of education or further study at Kingston University, including NASENCO.
Modules
Example modules
-Core Curriculum and Pedagogy
-Child Development and Inclusive Practice
-Professional Practice.
For a full list of modules please visit the Kingston university course webpage.
Assessment methods
You will not be required to take any exams. Your academic work will be assessed through coursework, such as essays, presentations and projects. Some of your assessments will be independent work; others will be group work with fellow students on your course.
At the end of each school placement, you will be supported by your University Link Tutor and Class Teacher / School Based Mentor to identify strengths and next steps in your practice to ensure you are making good progress and have engaged with the five core areas as outlined in the CCF. You will receive a report that summarises your practice alongside clear targets to support your development in your next placement. The final teaching placement in Year 3 will be assessed against Teachers' Standards (DfE, 2011).
Tuition fees
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The stats above mainly cover teaching degrees for training and qualifying in primary school education. These tend to be three or four-year courses — check with course tutors about how long you will need to study to get your Qualified Teacher Status. Most graduates go into teaching roles — usually primary school teaching, so these courses have good employment rates and starting salaries. We have a shortage of teachers of all kinds, which is deepening, and whilst many of the most severe are at secondary level, the prospects for this degree are not likely to take a downturn any time soon.
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Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.
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