Primary Education with Qualified Teacher Status

This course prepares you to become a highly skilled, confident, critically reflective and innovative practitioner, who is committed to life-long professional learning and the education of young people.

There are two pathways of study available which are accredited by the Education Workforce Council:

• BA (Hons) Primary Education with Qualified Teacher Status

• BA (Anrh) Addysg Gynradd gyda Statws Athro Cymwysedig*

The degree captures the revised curriculum in Wales enabling you to teach the curriculum across the 3-11 age range. Our clinical practice is researchinformed enabling you to use theory to interrogate practice and vice-versa.

Within the degree you will undertake a total of 120 days in school and the structure of these days includes a ‘return day’ to university or lead partnership school every week to consolidate and cohere the key principles of a collaborative culture and research-informed learning.

You will also benefit from an additional 15 School Led Training Days in Lead Partnership Schools/Alliances, learning from leading providers of education and professional development.

In the first year, clinical practice is included within an academic module, and you will not be expected to engage in independent teaching. In years two and three, you will engage in independent teaching and be required to take increasing responsibility for teaching a class, or classes, independently over a sustained and substantial period. Clinical practice is also available through the medium of Welsh and all student teachers will be allocated 36 hours of direct teaching in relation to Welsh development. Additional opportunities to undertake the Agored Cymru Accredited Assist at Forest School Level 2 training, and an Erasmus sandwich year are also available.

• Areas of Learning and Experience

• Successful Futures

• Exploring Play and Early Learning

• Researching Early Years and Primary Education

• Local, Global, and Pioneering Approaches in Education

• Professional Practice and Well-Being

• On completion, you will be highly employable and ready to meet the demands of the classroom as a primary school teacher.

• Qualified Teacher Status means you can teach in primary schools in Wales, the UK and abroad.

• Our degree provides an excellent basis for you to progress to specialist postgraduate education courses, including the MA Education and MSc Psychology in Education courses at Cardiff Met.

To train to teach at Cardiff Met is an exciting opportunity to learn within the Cardiff Partnership for Initial Teacher Education. The Cardiff Partnership comprises Cardiff Metropolitan University and its associated schools, working in collaboration with University of Oxford, Cardiff University, Central South Consortium (CSC), Education Achievement Service (EAS), and City of Cardiff Council. Together, the Cardiff Partnership collaborates to ensure that our student teachers not only achieve but seek to surpass the professional standards for QTS, through high-quality professional education that is rigorously practical and intellectually challenging.

Place of study: Cyncoed Campus

Course length: 3 years full-time

Entry requirements: Typical offer: 115 UCAS Points

5 GCSE passes inc. English/Welsh (First language) & Maths at Grade C/4. Science grade C/4, (or equivalents)

Enhanced disclosure barring service check. Evidence of work experience in a mainstream primary school

*Students can choose to undertake a third of the degree through the medium of Welsh (equating to a minimum of 40 credits per academic year).

Welsh medium students will receive ‘Gloywi Iaith’ sessions that will address grammatical elements of the Welsh language and student teachers will be instructed on methods linked to developing pupils’ personal literacy skills and understanding of the socio-linguistic backgrounds of learners.