Primary Education (two-year accelerated degree)

Why study this course?

Prepare yourself to become a teacher with London Met’s accelerated degree in Primary Education. This two-year long full honours degree equips you with the knowledge, skills, and understanding to go on and build your professional career, including access to Qualified Teacher Status.

More about this course

If you want to build your career in teaching children, London Met’s BA Primary Education offers you an opportunity to join the education workforce in rapid time. The course builds on proven excellence in teacher training and the study of education to offer a sound foundation of knowledge, skills, and understanding from which to launch your career as an informed, effective, critical professional. We believe that professionalism is rooted in the ability to think clearly, act decisively, and exercise a reflective intelligence informed by research-based innovation, ethical judgement, and a capacity to work in collaboration with others.

Building on our strong network of professional partnerships, learning in the workplace provides opportunities to gain an abundance of experience. This is complemented by critically-informed reflection, under the direction of our internationally recognised academic staff. The curriculum is designed to equip you in becoming an effective practitioner as well as build your understanding of educational systems.Your work will meet the challenges of uncertain futures in complex, modern societies.

The degree may be accelerated, but it offers full access to all of the University’s sports, social, and scholarly networks as well as expert careers and other advice, including support for disabilities and recognised special educational needs. Opportunities to work and study abroad may be available within the programme. Whether work or social, opportunities for collaborations across our diverse student body will make your experience at London Met unforgettable. Studying at London Met, you'll receive a professional education that enables you to be both locally responsible and globally-networked.

Our graduates pursue careers in:


• Primary teaching [after completing a one-year PGCE]



• Social work [after completion of a two-year MA Social Work]



• Education settings in a variety of roles



• Charities and Local Community projects



• Further and Higher Education lecturing



• Government, private and voluntary sectors



The formal title of the course is Primary Education BA (Hons). This is what will be shown on the certificate and transcript.

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London Metropolitan University is proud to be ranked first in the UK for the difference it makes to students’ lives (Guardian University Guide 2026). Dedicated to preparing graduates for the ever-changing job market, their courses are modern and vocational, with an emphasis on teaching transferrable workplace skills. Whether you're an artist or an engineer, you'll receive career-relevant teaching from industry experts, with clear paths for progression.

You've also got the best of both worlds – a buzzing campus community, and the excitement of life in London. There's always plenty going on at London Met for you to get involved in. You can meet like-minded people at a society, by becoming part of a sports team, or engaging in volunteering.

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