Education: Primary and Early Years (Professional Placement Year) BA (Hons)

**A specialised bachelor degree in Primary Education, leading to a PGCE in Primary and Early Years.**- Gain the classroom experience employers are looking for through placements in schools each year.- Join our long-standing and highly respected School of Education, and benefit from strong partnerships with schools.- On successful completion of this BA, you'll qualify for a guaranteed interview for our PGCE Primary and Early Years.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.The course offers a guaranteed interview for our PGCE Primary and Early Years course, but is flexible; we'll support you in achieving your aspirations as a professional educator - however they develop during the programme.You'll benefit from our tutors' wealth of research and practice-informed expertise when you join this community of learning and practice.**More about the Professional Placement Year**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.