Course Overview

This versatile and dynamic primary education degree with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) is the ideal preparation for a successful and rewarding career in primary teaching, enabling you to embark on your teaching career straight after finishing your studies. Plymouth Marjon University is praised by Ofsted and the National Student Survey for providing a comprehensive and enriching teacher training program. Building on long-established partnerships with diverse schools, all students have ample opportunities to learn with experienced practitioners. Students work in various schools from the course start, gradually building confidence and expertise.

This carefully structured course will provide you with the skills and subject knowledge required to teach all the National Curriculum subjects through working with experienced and passionate tutors in interactive and practical teaching sessions. Along with these subject studies, you’ll develop a thorough grounding in all the essential skills and issues of education, including special educational needs and disabilities, behavior management, setting high expectations and identifying pupil progress, planning and assessment, managing the teaching and learning of a classroom team, child development and learning through play.

You’ll also be given a chance to select a specialism curriculum area in years two and three and choose a focus for your final-year research dissertation. The comprehensive primary program ensures you are well-equipped to teach across the curriculum but also offers additional skills in a selected area, thereby enhancing your employability.

General Eligibility

Three A-levels at grades BBC or above

Or BTEC triple grades DMM or above

Or Access 30-42 D/M with min 18D

And GCSE English Language, Mathematics, and Science at grade 4 or grade C or above.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• IELTS for UKVI - Minimum of 6.0 in each category

  LanguageCert International ESOL SELT B2 (Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking) - Minimum of 33/50 in each category

  PTE Academic UKVI - Minimum of 59 in each category

  Skills for English UKVI B2 (4 components) - Pass in each category