**A specialised bachelor degree in Primary Education, leading to a PGCE in Primary and Early Years.**
- Gain practical school-based experience from a Primary school placement each year.
- Benefit from our established partnerships with hundreds of schools across the South West.
- Tutors with a wealth of research and practice-informed expertise.
- Employability focused; on successful completion of the degree you will be offered a guaranteed interview for a place on our Primary PGCE.
This is more than a primary teac...
**A specialised bachelor degree in Primary Education, leading to a PGCE in Primary and Early Years.**<br/><br/><br/>- Gain practical school-based experience from a Primary school placement each year.<br/><br/><br/>- Benefit from our established partnerships with hundreds of schools across the South West.<br/><br/><br/>- Tutors with a wealth of research and practice-informed expertise.<br/><br/><br/>- Employability focused; on successful completion of the degree you will be offered a guaranteed interview for a place on our Primary PGCE.<br/><br/><br/>This is more than a primary teaching course. BA (Hons) Education: Primary and Early Years sets primary education in a broader context of debates around education, professional practice, teaching and learning - both nationally and internationally. This bachelor degree in primary education is ideal if you intend to qualify as an early years or primary school teacher, and it helps formulate your professional skills and career identity through experience of working with children in schools. If you decide on a different career path, this award is flexible, and will provide you with strong academic skills to achieve your aspirations as a professional educator in any number of different settings. When you join this community of learning, you will benefit from practice-informed expertise and recent research in the Centre for Policy, Pedagogy and Practice (PPP), Centre for Research in Scientific and Technological Learning and Education (CRiSTLE) and Centre for Research into Equity, Inclusion and Community (CREIC). <br/><br/>**More about the Professional Placement Year**<br/>A Professional Placement Year (PPY), traditionally known as a sandwich year, is where a student undertakes a period of work with an external organisation for between 9-13 months. The placement occurs between the students second and third years of undergraduate study. Students can engage in up to 3 placements to make up the total time and are required to source the placement(s) themselves with support from the Careers and Employability Team.
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
4 Years
Start Date
23/09/2024
Campus
Main Site
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Course Code
X311
Institution Code
B20
Points of Entry
Year 1, Year 2, Year 4
A levelAccess to HE DiplomaM:45 Access to HE courses – typical offers for applicants with Access to HE will be the Access to HE Diploma or Access to HE Certificate (60 credits, 45 of which must be Level 3, at Merit or higher). International Baccalaureate Diploma ProgrammePearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)DDM DMM BTEC – Extended Diploma grades from Distinction Distinction Merit (DDM) to Distinction Merit Merit (DMM) accepted in any subject. T Level |
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Region | Costs | Academic Year | Year | |
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England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland | £9,250 | 2024/25 | Year 1 | |
EU, International | £15,750 | 2024/25 | Year 1 |
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