Primary and Early Years Education with QTS
University of Huddersfield
UCAS Code: D779 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
University of Huddersfield
UCAS Code: D779 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
or equivalent.
Access to HE Diploma
or above.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
In addition you must also have GCSE English language, Maths and a Science subject at grade 4 or above, or grade C or above if awarded under the previous GCSE grading scheme.
120 UCAS tariff points from International Baccalaureate qualifications.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
in a relevant area.
T Level
UCAS Tariff
from a combination of Level 3 qualifications.
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About this course
Keen to kickstart a career as a primary school teacher?
The course content is designed to address the full breadth of the Teachers’ Standards, combining university-based and school-based training.
You’ll have the opportunity to gain comprehensive knowledge of the core subjects (English, Mathematics and Science), the seven areas of learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage and the full scope of the National Curriculum.
This course focuses on developing the skills you need to teach children from ages three to eleven, and, upon successful completion, we’ll recommend Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
**Why Study Primary and Early Years Education with QTS BA(Hons) at University of Huddersfield?**
We know there’s no substitute for learning how to teach in the classroom environment; we give you the opportunity to gain practical experience across our partnership schools each year of the course. Placements will be organised by our dedicated placements team alongside your academic tutors. You’ll:
• observe experienced teachers
• gain practical, hands-on experience (in front of students)
• benefit from one-to-one mentoring.
This Huddersfield University course allows you to access the University’s extensive professional and academic network and use our mock Early Years and Primary classrooms.
You could go on to work in a relevant teaching or education role, or further study – in childhood studies, for example. After successfully completing the course, you’ll be a qualified teacher, ready to embark on your Early Career Teaching (ECT) professional development programme in school.
An impressive 100 per cent of our undergraduate students go on to work and/or further study within 15 months of graduating. We were also ranked best in Yorkshire† for student satisfaction in the subject Teacher Training (National Student Survey 2022), too, with this course achieving a satisfaction score of 95 per cent.
†subject rankings refer to Common Aggregation Hierarchy level 3 and are further filtered to include English HEIs with income over £100m+ in the 20/21 academic year, Question: Overall Satisfaction (Q27)
**Professional Bodies**
Upon successful completion of the course, we recommend Qualified Teacher Status be awarded by the Department for Education.
**Why Huddersfield?**
Huddersfield’s vibrant and friendly campus is a great place from which to study, while the town itself offers lots to see and do, with good transport links in and around the area.
Modules
Modules in the first year include:
• Initial Professional Development and School-Based Training 1: Theories and Strategies for Teachers and Learners
• Teaching and Learning in the Foundation Areas and RE 1
• Introduction to Core Curriculum Studies - English, Maths and Science
• Teaching and Learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage.
To see the full range of modules and descriptions, please visit our website. A link to this course can be found at the bottom of the page in the ‘Course contact details’ section.
Assessment methods
You’ll be taught through a series of lectures, seminars, tutorials, and interactive workshops.
Your module specification/course handbook will provide full details of the assessment criteria applying to your course.
Tuition fees
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Extra funding
Please see our website for more information - http://www.hud.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-and-finance/undergraduate-scholarships/
The Uni
University of Huddersfield
Department of Initial Teacher Education (DITE)
What students say
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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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The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.
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Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.
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