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Special Educational Needs and Inclusive Practice Top-Up at Kingston University - UCAS

Kingston University

Degree level: Undergraduate

Special Educational Needs and Inclusive Practice Top-Up

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2025 - 2026
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Kingston University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

Course summary

Reasons to choose Kingston

  • If you have a relevant foundation degree (or equivalent), you’ll gain a BA (Hons) in Special Educational Needs and Inclusive Practice in this one-year top-up course.
  • You’ll be able to combine your studies with work-based learning to gain a qualification valued by employers.
  • You’ll have the opportunity to create change or develop practice in the workplace through your SEND research dissertation.
  • Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the framework's two new student experience and student outcomes categories.
About this course Do you want to build on your Level 4 and Level 5 qualifications and experience in the field of SEND to continue developing your career working with children and young up to the age of 25 years? This course offers additional expertise for your practice and the award of a BA (Hons) degree. You’ll study areas such as removing barriers to participation, enabling inclusion within settings and in the community, effective transition between places, people and phases of education, and research and theories of learning. You’ll have the opportunity to engage in collaborative working, sharing experiences with peers. Future Skills Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability. As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge. At Kingston University, we're not just keeping up with change, we're creating it. Career opportunities This course provides postgraduate and professional development opportunities. These include the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), leading to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), and Master of Research (Education) studies and PgDip NASENCO.

Modules

Example modules -Enabling Environments -Critical Issues in the Context of Inclusive Education -Dissertation in an aspect of professional practice. For a full list of modules please visit the Kingston university course webpage

Assessment method

Progress is measured through a variety of assignments, enabling you to draw on your professional knowledge in work-based situations which you will underpin with theoretical perspectives. In addition, you will participate in practical learning experiences that will enable you to reflect on and apply the knowledge you have gained.

How to apply

29Jan

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
X361
Institution code:
K84
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

https://www.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate-course/special-educational-needs/entry-requirements.html

Additional entry requirements

Interview

Student Outcomes

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £9250 Year 1
Northern Ireland £9250 Year 1
Scotland £9250 Year 1
Wales £9250 Year 1

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

Please visit our course webpage for information on the lower fee rate for students who progress directly from the 2 year foundation degree course at Kingston to the Top Up. https://www.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/special-educational-needs/ For international fees, please visit: https://www.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-and-funding/fees/ Please visit the provider course webpage for further information regarding additional course costs.
Special Educational Needs and Inclusive Practice Top-Up at Kingston University - UCAS