Primary Education (3-11 age range) with QTS

The BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS degree is a three-year undergraduate course that leads to the award of an honours degree and qualified teacher status. This degree can also be partly studied through the medium of Welsh.

The course aims to prepare student teachers to be highly-skilled, confident, critically reflective and innovative practitioners who are committed to life-long professional learning and the education of young people.

Graduates will develop the values and dispositions that will enable them to be highly employable and ready to meet the demands of the classroom.

Distinctive features of the Degree include:
•University and school experiences that train student teachers to teach the Curriculum for Wales across the 3-11 age range

•Research-informed clinical practice where structured opportunities enable student teachers to use theory to interrogate practice and vice versa.

•A supportive and collaborative culture of learning

•School-led training days led by schools identified as leading providers of education and professional development

•A commitment to the development of Welsh language skills of all student teachers based on their individual experience and needs

Please note entry requirements are subject to change for 2025 entry

This course is also available to study through the medium of Welsh and can be found by searching Addysg Gynradd (3-11 ystod oedran) gyda SAC. The UCAS application code is X121.

Unfortunately, we are unable to consider deferred applications for this course.

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