Course summary

Become the qualified primary teacher you aspire to be. You’ll learn how to improve the lives of young children with our expert guidance and research-led teaching. Over your three-year course, you’ll develop as a skilled and confident primary teacher, committed to the needs of each child you meet. You’ll specialise in teaching children within the Early Years and Key Stage 1. We'll build your confidence to teach across all National Curriculum subjects, and the EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage). You’ll study tailored modules that will offer a wide range of creative and inclusive approaches to learning.

• Develop your subject knowledge and learn how to teach English, mathematics, science and the full range of Foundation subjects in your chosen age range

• Gain an in-depth understanding of teaching and learning within your chosen age range

• Take an holistic approach to nurturing young learners and apply the principles of the Early Years Foundation Stage on the 3-7 pathway

• Understand how children learn, and respond to the needs of pupils aged 3-11 by adapting your teaching approaches to meet their individual requirements

• Form your own teacher identity as you develop through placements in every year of the course

• Take a creative and inclusive approach to your teaching practice

• Become a research-informed teacher through your own practitioner enquiry project in your final year

• 90% of students on BA (Hons) Primary Education (Early Years, 3-7) with recommendation for QTS were positive about the way teaching staff explain things*

• Study within Carnegie School of Education - in the newly refurbished, dedicated teaching building on our Headingley Campus in the vibrant and affordable city of Leeds

• Learn within a large and diverse partnership of schools - in the West Yorkshire region, supported by expert mentors and university link tutors

• Research-led teaching - experience teaching underpinned by research led by our School of Education research centres