Primary Education (with QTS)

About this course

Primary education with Qualified Teacher Status is a degree that prepares you both academically and professionally to become a primary school teacher. It combines the study of education as a discipline, encompassing child development, curriculum theory, learning and teaching research, and educational policy, with the practical training needed to work effectively with children in primary classrooms from the start of your career. Qualifying as a primary teacher through an undergraduate route means that you graduate not only with a degree but with QTS, the professional qualification required to teach in state schools in England. At the University of St Mark and St John in Plymouth, this three-year full-time programme gives you a thorough grounding in how children learn and develop, how the primary curriculum is structured, what effective teaching across different subjects looks like, and h

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 75% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 0% of graduatescards →
• 18 / 100Teaching Professionals · 70% of graduatescards →
• 12 / 100Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation · 5% of graduatescards →
• 10 / 100Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations · 0% of graduatescards →
• 6 / 100Caring personal services · 0% of graduatescards →

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