Early Years and Primary Education (3-7) with QTS BA (Hons)

**Course summary**- Train to become a well-rounded and creative primary school teacher.- Understand early years teaching, and how children learn.- Gain hands-on experience with extensive in-school training.- Develop your interests and expertise into a specialist teaching area.- Qualify as a teacher, and benefit from the course's very high graduate employment level.Gain the skills, experience and training you need to enter primary teaching as a qualified professional. We help you to grow academically, while obtaining sound practical and theoretical knowledge of teaching. You graduate a qualified, experienced primary teacher, with specialist expertise and industry connections.**How you learn**The course aims to integrate the practical and theoretical aspects of teaching. There are regular placement days from the first year onwards, culminating in practical assessments, and you undertake four national priority school-based placements. You conduct research in your specialist area, and will be taught to critically analyse key learning principles.You learn through:- lectures and seminars from expert tutors- regular school-based placements and research- one-to-one support from a personal academic tutor- research into a specialist area such as maths, science, PE or languages- range of e-learning materialsThere are opportunities to study abroad at one of our partner universities with the possibility of funding through the Erasmus programme (subject to the UK’s continued participation in the Erasmus programme following the Brexit transition period).**Applied learning****Work placements**Throughout the course you will work extensively in local and regional primary schools, starting with regular placement days and a practical assessment in your first year. You will develop your skills and knowledge in order to meet the Teachers' Standards in that setting.In second year, on top of an assessed placement, you undertake four national priority school-based training placements (SEND, EAL, Early Reading and Early Number). You also attend placement days in a specialist setting, in line with your chosen area of expertise.Your third year involves carrying out an individual educational enquiry project, which enables you to carry out school-based research in your specialism. You may be able to study abroad as part of the Erasmus programme (subject to the UK’s continued participation in the Erasmus programme following the Brexit transition period).