About the course

An inspirational primary school teacher can help young children make sense of their world and prepare them for life in the 21st century. This course, with recommendation for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), equips you with the knowledge, skills and understanding necessary to take on this important role.

With this DfE-accredited degree, you learn through taught sessions and supported teaching practice, where you are encouraged to apply the theory you have learnt in areas such as child development, teaching and learning.

Mentors and University liaison tutors support you while on placement as you begin to develop the core skills for teaching children aged 5-11. You start with one-to-one and small-group teaching practice before moving on to whole-class teaching. A placement coordinator provides briefings, support meetings and guidance as well as overseeing target setting and CEDP completion.

Units include literacy and reading; mathematics and science; meeting the needs of individual children; multidimensional classrooms; planning for learning across subjects; and exploring core subjects.

Why choose this course?

• Our Education courses have a high student satisfaction rating for our teaching (91%) and academic support (90%) (NSS 2022)
• Gain hands-on experience of teaching via three teaching placements: one per year, each in a different term to give a good insight into the whole academic year
• Take up four ‘Broadening Experience’ placements (one per year) in Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) so you know where children have come from; at Key Stage 3 (KS3) so you know where they are going on to; an enrichment placement related to your chosen elective; and a final personalised placement
• Work with experienced tutors with a wealth of experience in building teacher competence and confidence across all subjects
• Learn to teach a reflective, reactive curriculum, with sessions responsive to the needs of individual cohorts, helping to ensure progression in skills, knowledge and experience
• Develop leadership and management skills, along with an ability to communicate effectively with children, parents/carers, colleagues and other professionals
• Benefit from conference days with guest speakers talking on subjects ranging from lesson planning and SEND provision to employability and wellbeing
• Take learning outside the classroom with trips to places of educational interest such as local museums and our Forest School

Since 2019, I have worked full time for the University of Bedfordshire across the undergraduate and post graduate courses in Teacher Education, specialising in mathematics.

I passionately believe that the teaching and learning of mathematics should be active, linked to real life and fun. Everyone can achieve in mathematics with effort and support and no one should feel embarrassed or anxious if they have a skills or knowledge gap.