Primary Education BEd
School of Education
Institution Code H36
UCAS Codes
X120
Lower Primary
X122
Upper Primary
Programme Code HEBP
Start date
September
More about the course
Teaching in primary schools is a demanding, but satisfying and fulfilling career, and this BEd degree is designed to ensure you meet these demands with growing confidence. Our students are intelligent and resourceful, communicate well, and have a wide range of interests. This degree is a three year full-time programme offering professional and academic training. It is structured to allow you to develop the skills required by primary teachers to teach the full National Curriculum, and develop specific expertise for making a distinctive contribution to primary practice. The teaching quality and excellent provision in the School have been consistently recognised by Ofsted inspections.
The BEd prepares you to teach a broad and balanced curriculum in schools through detailed courses in the full range of National Curriculum subjects and religious education and offers you an age-related programme chosen on application so that you will follow either a Foundation/KS1 or KS1/2 pathway.
All the staff are really helpful, and the facilities are excellent here. The Learning Resources Centre is first class and really new, and StudyNet is a really good resource.
Amanda King2nd Year BEd Primary Education
Work placement
School Based Work is twenty-four weeks spread over the three years of the degree. In each year you are placed in a partnership school under the guidance of a class teacher who has received mentor training from the University. Curriculum courses are closely linked to work in school through a series of directed tasks undertaken with class teacher support. This enables your learning to be based in professional practice. The excellent partnerships with primary schools enable you to benefit from the range of expertise of local teachers. Staff from primary schools participate actively throughout the course.
For details on the geographical area for our placement schools please view the placement policy.
Careers
Opportunities for BEd graduates are excellent with many obtaining first teaching posts in local schools.Teaching methods
The BEd Honours has an ongoing 100% coursework assessment structure. Assignments are varied and encourage a wide range of knowledge and skills to be assessed. All teaching placements must be successfully completed for the award of Qualified Teacher Status to be recommended.
Having successfully completed the BEd programme, all graduates must additionally pass the Training and Developments Agency for School’s skills tests in order to be awarded Qualified Teacher Status.
Course structure
Detailed information about the structure of the course and the modules you will study.