Primary Education (QTS) Foundation Stage/KS1
University of Roehampton
UCAS Code: 4D22 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
University of Roehampton
UCAS Code: 4D22 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
About this course
**Why this course?**
- Ofsted rates our primary age courses as "Outstanding" (2023 report)
- Over 90% student satisfaction in London for Teacher Training (National Student Survey 2024)
- Top modern university in London in Education (Complete University Guide 2025)
**About this course:**
Learn how to inspire the next generation with this highly ranked teacher training degree, offering qualified teacher status (QTS) and a rewarding career as a primary school teacher.
**Skills:**
On our BA Primary Education (QTS) degree, our priority is ensuring that you graduate with a professional skillset. This incorporates;
- Studying modules to develop both your subject knowledge and understanding the art of teaching.
- Our teacher training and professional modules cover behaviour management, special educational needs (SEN) and English as an additional language (EAL).
- The course includes 24 weeks' school placement experience, giving you hands on experience in one of our 400 partner schools.
- These three strands will ensure that you are ready for the practical realities of teaching. You will focus on your subject of choice, giving you the tools to teach in an area you are passionate about and enjoy.
**Career opportunities:**
As a BA Primary Education (QTS) graduate, you'll be in an excellent position to succeed in a rewarding career as a primary school teacher. You will leave qualified to teach across the primary sector, whether you decide to work in an early year setting, independent or maintained school or SEN (Special Educational Needs) school. Many also take on roles in the education sector including:
- Education professional in primary and nursery care (teaching, administration or management)
- A special needs professional in schools, children centres and the community
- A children’s charity undertaking policy and research, in community support, welfare or housing
- An NGO or central or local government department
Modules
Over the course of three years you will spend increasing amounts of time in a range of schools, moving from support teacher (first year), to sharing teacher (second year) to lead teacher (final year). You will also study a range of modules which will develop both your subject knowledge and your understanding of the art of teaching.
The pedagogic and professional studies modules include learning theory, child development, behaviour management, classroom management, Special Educational Needs (SEN) and English as an additional language (EAL), giving you a solid theoretical grounding for working with children, ensuring you are best able to support their learning in practice.
You will cover all of the National Curriculum subjects on this degree. In English, for example, you will look at language development, the teaching of reading and writing; in maths, developing mathematical understanding will be explored.
Our BA Primary Education degree allows you to choose from a wide range of subjects to specialise in, developing over the course of three years your knowledge and skills to teach your chosen specialism across the primary age range.
In addition to your professional placements and university based studies, there is also the opportunity to spend time abroad on a trip organised by the School of Education, as well as to go on field trips, visits to museums and art galleries to explore learning beyond the classroom, and how to pass these experiences on to your pupils.
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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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