PGCE Primary Early Years

Play a pivotal role in one of the most important stages of children’s education as they build their crucial early learning skills.

Through our Primary Early Years PGCE, you’ll explore how to teach a play-based curriculum and get children involved in immersive and interactive experiences. The course also covers aspects of KS1 and KS2, giving you the flexibility to work across primary education for a career.

During your time on campus, you will have core sessions on primary teaching and 10 additional days devoted to the early years specialism. You’ll also gain classroom experience by working for at least 120 days in two local schools, tailoring your placements to reception and Year 1.

You’ll plan engaging lessons, explore behaviour management techniques and discover how children develop and learn. Our highly experienced team – who have all worked as primary school teachers themselves - will also help you to reflect on your teaching and give you one-to-one support.

But you’ll get far more than just a teacher training qualification with us. As part of our Institute of Education, you’ll have access to the latest research on what works in the classroom and other evidence-based approaches.