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Primary and Early Years Education with QTS - PGCE

Birmingham City University

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  • Qualification

    PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education

  • Location

    University House

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    23-SEP-26

  • Duration

    1 Year

Course summary

Our aim is to help you become a committed, confident and creative teacher so we’ll train you in the essential tools you need to kick-start your career in education. You’ll increase your ability to handle the ever-evolving teaching environment, and by the time your course is complete, you’ll be in a position to continue developing your understanding, knowledge and skills throughout your professional life. This course covers the primary age phase and allows you to specialise in either the 3-7 or 5-11 age ranges. This means that you will be qualified to deliver primary education in primary schools and early years settings. Our ITE Curriculum aligns with the DfE (2019) ITT Core Content Framework. Our ambitious curriculum is designed within a spiral curriculum model, which deepens your knowledge and understanding through an iterative revisiting of identified topics, subjects, and themes throughout all our Primary QTS courses. In line with DfE requirements, we have designed Intensive Training and Practice (ITaP) sessions for this course. ITaP elements enable you to focus on specific and pivotal areas of the ITE curriculum – such as assessment, transitions and adaptive teaching – in an intensive way and so develop the skills and knowledge to draw together evidence-based theory and practice. You will be assessed against the Teachers’ Standards (DfE 2012) at the end of the course.

Application deadline

17/07/2026

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Birmingham City University

Birmingham City University

  • University League Table

    103rd

  • Campus address

    City Centre Campus (The Curzon Building), 4 Cardigan Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B4 7BD, United Kingdom

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Live and study in an affordable multicultural city. BCU is a modern and dynamic international university, with staff, students and alumni from 120 countries.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Education

    51st out of 91 5

  • Entry standards

    / Max 228
    132 58%

    31st

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    81.0 81%

    35th

    10

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.95 74%

    83rd

    12

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