Primary Education with Qualified Teacher Status

UCAS code: X320

Here's what University of Portsmouth says about its Primary Education with Qualified Teacher Status course.

Overview Every child needs a hero. Education has the potential to inspire a child's future and change lives. Become a teacher with our BEd (Hons) Primary Education with Qualified Teacher Status degree and develop the skills to engage the next generation and empower them to succeed and thrive.

You'll be taught by experienced teaching professionals to develop an individual teaching practice that will positively benefit the lives of young people every day. You'll get the chance to specialise in topics that match your career ambitions and benefit from extensive work placements in different educational settings, such as in a special educational needs (SEN) school or the education department of a zoo.

When you graduate, you'll be recommended for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) to the Teaching Regulation Authority – a mandatory requirement if you want to work in most state-funded schools in the UK.

Course highlights

• Earn Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) while you achieve a Bachelor's degree

• Be taught by expert researchers and practitioners in education, guest speakers with practical expertise and knowledge in their field and be mentored by experienced teachers on placement

• Specialise in areas such as technology in education, play and teaching children with learning difficulties

• Benefit from our extensive network of partner schools when planning your placements, including specialist educational environments such as pupil referral units, hospital schools and museums

Careers and opportunities You can have a huge impact on the next generation of society, creating and developing interests in children that can set them on a successful course for their future. And once you complete this degree course, you'll have all the skills you need to begin your career as a primary teacher.

Potential salary

As a primary school teacher with qualified teacher status in a state-funded school in the UK 2021, you could expect a starting salary of anywhere between £25,714 and £32,157, depending on where you teach. You'll also benefit from a further two years of structured professional development that will build on the skills and knowledge you will gain on the BEd course.

Career progression

As you build your teaching experience, you could move into senior roles, such as head of department, deputy head, assistant head or head teacher. These roles all bring more responsibility and higher salaries.

You could earn upwards of £38,000 as a senior teacher (depending on where you teach in the UK). As a head teacher in the UK, you could earn between £47,735 and £117,197 – or more if you choose to work in London.

Ongoing career support – up to 5 years after you graduate

Get experience while you study with support to find part-time jobs, volunteering opportunities and work experience. Towards the end of your degree and after graduation, you'll get 1-to-1 support from our Graduate Recruitment Consultancy to find your perfect role.

Year 1 Core modules in this year include:

• Core Primary Education (40 credits)
• Equality and Diversity in Education (20 credits)
• Foundations of Primary Education (20 credits)
• School Experience (20 credits)

There are no optional modules in this year.

Year 2 Core modules in this year include:

• Alternative Educational Settings (20 credits)
• Applying Educational Research and Theory (20 credits)
• Classroom Practice in Primary Education (40 credits)
• Inclusive Primary Education (20 credits)
• Professional Studies in Primary Education (20 credits)

Year 3 Core modules in this year include:

• Leading Learning (20 credits)
• Primary Teaching (40 credits)
• Teachers As Researchers (40 credits)

Optional modules in this year currently include:

• Inclusive Primary Education (20 credits)
• Just Playing (20 credits)
• Primary English Literature, Language and Creativity (20 credits)
• Technology in Education (20 credits)
• The Wider Curriculum (20 credits)

We use the best and most current research and professional practice alongside feedback from our students to make sure course content is relevant to your future career or further studies.

Therefore, some course content may change over time to reflect changes in the discipline or industry and some optional modules may not run every year. If a module doesn’t run, we’ll let you know as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative module.

The way you’re assessed may depend on the units you select. As a guide, students on this course last year were typically assessed as follows:

• Year 1 students: 100% by coursework
• Year 2 students: 100% by coursework
• Year 3 students: 100% by coursework

Your coursework may include:

• academic work including essays, reports, journals and case studies
• a research project
• work-based projects
• oral presentations
• posters
• observation of teaching
• a digital portfolio evidencing how you meet the current teaching standards

You’ll receive ongoing feedback from your course lecturers, as well as from your placement schools, to help you develop throughout the course.