Course summary
Do you aspire to nurture curiosity, creativity, and development in the early years and primary classroom? If you hold an undergraduate degree, our Primary and Early Years Education PGCE with QTS is the perfect step towards achieving your teaching dreams. This course is designed to equip you with the skills to teach children in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and Key Stage 1, empowering you to inspire and support pupils aged 3-7 while developing a strong foundation in teaching and understanding their progression towards Key Stage 2. Why Choose Primary and Early Years Education?
- Hands-On Learning: Gain invaluable classroom experience in partnership schools where you’ll observe, learn from, and work alongside experienced teachers.
- Expert Support: Benefit from dedicated mentoring, organised school placements, and tailored academic guidance to help you thrive in your role.
- Comprehensive Curriculum: Develop your understanding of National Curriculum subjects, with a focus on teaching and learning strategies specific to Early Years and Key Stage 1.
- Career-Ready: This course prepares you for your first teaching post in a primary school, ensuring you have the confidence, skills, and knowledge to make a difference.
Modules
Modules: Developing Primary Curriculum Knowledge Pedagogies for Support Learning and Progress in the Primary School Professional Values and Practice 1 Professional Values and Practice 2 Professional Values and Practice 3
Assessment method
Assessment is typically through the completion of a range of classroom activities, written assignments, reports, personal subject audits and the development of portfolios of evidence. There are no formal examinations and the assignments are carefully designed to help you to develop your teaching practice further. Your module specification/course handbook will provide full details of the assessment criteria applying to your course.
Qualified teacher status (QTS)
To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:
- Primary
Entry requirements
* An Honours degree with a classification of 2:2 or above. * GCSE English Language, Maths and a Science at grade 4 or above (or grade C or above if awarded under the previous GCSE grading scheme) or equivalent. * If all or part of your qualifications are from outside the UK, we’ll need a UK ENIC statement of comparability. Other requirements: * You must demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively, and that you have the intellectual and academic potential to meet the required Teachers’ Standards by the end of the programme. * You should provide two references. Where applicants have current or recent experience working with children or young people, one of the referees should be a member of staff who can comment on their potential to train to teach. * Offers are subject to satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced disclosure checks and applicants must not previously have been barred from teaching or working with children. We also ask you to complete a health declaration to ensure that you have the health and physical capacity to teach. All conditions must be met by 31 August for entry in September in the year of application. The University of Huddersfield seeks and encourages applications from under-represented groups in order to widen participation, improve access and apply the principles of equal opportunities. Applicants with disabilities are under no obligation to declare their disabilities, but the University is committed to making the adjustments necessary to promote positively equality and access for disabled applicants. Applicants are encouraged to identify any special arrangements they may require. General advice and information regarding disability and the support the University can give can be found by visiting the University's Disability Support webpages.
English language requirements
If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 7.0 overall with no element lower than 6.5, or equivalent.
Read more about the University’s entry requirements for students outside of the UK on our International Entry Requirements pages.
https://hud.ac.uk/international/courses-and-entry-requirements/international-entry-requirements/
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
England | £9535* | Year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £9535* | Year 1 |
Scotland | £9535* | Year 1 |
Wales | £9535* | Year 1 |
Channel Islands | £9535* | Year 1 |
Republic of Ireland | £9535* | Year 1 |
EU | £19800* | Year 1 |
International | £19800* | Year 1 |
*This is a provisional fee and subject to change.
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
Sponsorship information
For further information please visit https://www.hud.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding-studies/
Provider information
University of Huddersfield
Queensgate
Huddersfield
HD1 3DH