BA (Hons)
Undergraduate degree - single honours
Applications for 2027 entry will open in September 2026. For more information, please email admissions@bathspa.ac.uk.
A Bath Spa teaching degree is hands-on from the outset. From your first year, you’ll be known as a Bath Spa Teacher, developing your knowledge, skills and understanding of teaching and learning in university and on school placements.
You’ll gain experience in at least two different schools and settings with children from a diverse cultural backgrounds and across the spectrum of needs.
In partnership with schools, our Bath Spa teachers become creative practitioners, critical thinkers, collaborative colleagues and professional teachers who care for and nurture the learners they teach.
Our innovative Primary Education degree with QTS enables you to gain a secure understanding of teaching across all subjects of the primary curriculum, whilst also developing more in-depth specialist knowledge of a core and foundation subject. In short, you’ll graduate as both a generalist and a specialist, making you highly employable.
This course is accredited by the Department for Education. Successful completion leads to the recommendation of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), the qualification required to teach in state schools in England.
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We have developed a carefully sequenced, ambitious teacher education curriculum in collaboration with our school colleagues. As a Bath Spa Teacher, you’ll learn through engaging and interactive university-based workshops and seminars where you will be introduced to educational theory and practice.
You'll then have the opportunity to apply your learning with children in the classroom. You’ll think critically about research, national initiatives and classroom practice and learn how to evaluate your own practice reflectively.
On the Bath Spa Primary Education with QTS degree, we take a holistic approach to child development. You’ll explore how a child’s learning and wellbeing can be supported by the whole community, including parents and carers, families and schools. You’ll learn how to build positive relationships and support children to overcome barriers to learning.
Placements are a core element of this BA in Primary Education with QTS degree. Each year, you’ll spend a semester training in a school, enabling you to develop your practice with children across the 5-11 age range. You’ll be fully supported by experienced colleagues in school and at the university, helping you build your teaching skills through a balance of practice and reflection.
Year one: Becoming a professional
You’ll be introduced to all subjects of the Primary curriculum, both core and foundation. You’ll begin to learn about professional practice, including curriculum, assessment and approaches to teaching and learning.
You’ll start to develop the necessary skills and professional behaviours for successful classroom delivery. In the semester two placement, you'll gradually take on increased responsibility for teaching groups, including part and whole lessons. You’ll also engage in two intensive training and practice weeks to allow you to focus on specific aspects of your practice in detail.
Year two: Building your practice
You’ll develop a deeper understanding of the curriculum and approaches to teaching and learning.
You’ll increase your teaching toolkit by learning about progression, assessment and how to how to support the diverse needs of children in the classroom.
Your second-year placement will give you an opportunity to embed your practice and take greater ownership of teaching and learning in your placement class. Our intensive training and practice weeks will focus on assessment and supporting language development.
Year three: Specialism and consolidation
You'll learn more broadly about teaching and assessment approaches, with a focus on developing your specialism in two subjects - one core and one foundation. You’ll explore current issues and priorities in subject areas across the primary age phase and start to explore what it means to be a subject leader.
You’ll also get plenty of support and advice from expert colleagues on applying for jobs and preparing for interviews so that you’re ready to apply for roles that interest you when they're advertised.
An extended placement in Semester two will support you in developing and extending your practice in preparation for future employment as an Early Career Teacher. The longer nature of the final placement, which is designed to consistently demonstrate the Teachers' Standards, means that your final semester will end towards the end of June.
You'll be assessed using various tasks and coursework. These may include portfolios, evidence of school-based practice, posters, reports, presentations, and quizzes to test your subject knowledge.
You'll learn through interactive sessions which puts you at the heart of discussion, reflection and learning with others. We provide academic support through the library and academic skills team. Additionally, we offer personal support through student wellbeing services.
To find out more about how we teach and how you'll learn, please read our information on Your Learning and Teaching at BSU.
Learn from experts at an institution with over 80 years of experience and a reputation for producing outstanding teachers.
You'll receive high-quality mentoring and support from expert colleagues in our partnership schools. They'll collaborate closely with your academic tutor to offer comprehensive support.
With mentoring and practice, you'll improve creative thinking and problem-solving skills to become a well-rounded reflective practitioner.
If you have a passion for learning and want to inspire the next generation, teaching could be the career for you. Our BA Primary Education with QTS degree is designed to enable you to become a qualified, passionate Primary teacher of pupils aged five to eleven years old.
This course offers or includes the following modules. The modules you take will depend on your pathway or course combination (if applicable) as well as any optional or open modules chosen.
Please check the programme document for more information.
At BSU, our courses are designed to equip our graduates with the knowledge and skills they’ll need for the real world. To do this, we are continually improving our courses by responding to feedback from students and other stakeholders. This may mean changes may be made to the curriculum. You’ll always be given notice of any such changes.
For more information on how we approach such changes at the university, please read our policies on:
You'll undertake a school placement in each year of the course.
In addition, you'll have teaching workshops in purpose built, well-resourced realistic learning environments.
Successful completion of the course will lead to recommendation for Qualified Teacher Status.
Other career options may include working in educational roles with charities, cultural and heritage organisations or in settings such as prisons.
Develop a wealth of indispensable digital skills that you can take into your future career. One of only three Adobe Creative Campuses in the UK, we provide all Bath Spa students with access to the full Adobe Creative Suite, giving you the tools to communicate creatively, whatever your course or chosen professional field.
As a Bath Spa Teacher, you'll learn in a variety of locations within our wide partnership, both at the University and in schools.
The majority of your classes will be at our Newton Park campus and there will also be some teaching sessions held at Sion Hill. Teaching will take place in rooms equipped with relevant texts, equipment, training materials, and electronic resources.
Situated just out of the city centre, the campus offers panoramic views of the countryside and access to our state of the art facilities, including:
| Student | Annual tuition fee |
|---|---|
| UK full time | £9,790 |
| UK part time | £4,895 |
| International full time | £17,310 |
During the placement year, the fee is reduced to 20% of the full time fee. This applies to UK and EU/International students.
Our fees for international students are organised into bands. For more information, please consult the tables on the international student fees webpage.
You may need to pay additional course costs over and above your tuition fees, for example, for specialist equipment or trips and visits. Please check the course Programme Document (linked under the main image on this page) for details of any additional costs. You can also read our Additional Course Costs Policy for further information.
Please visit our Funding pages for an overview of the funding options that may be available, including scholarships and bursaries.
We’re looking for applicants who are passionate about changing lives through education.
Teachers are role models for their pupils and must act with integrity at all times, while having the highest expectations of themselves and their pupils. They forge positive professional relationships and engage with wider communities.
You’ll need to be suited to the teaching profession both personally and academically. We look for committed individuals with a professional approach and an exceptional work ethic. We value strong communication skills, adaptability and emotional resilience. Having a true passion for education will give you the edge.
In your application, you should detail why you want to work with children and young people, and what experience, if any, you have of this.
We accept a wide range of qualifications for entry to our undergraduate programmes. The main ones are listed below:
All applicants will need to hold GCSE passes at Grade 4/C or above (or recognised equivalents) in English, Mathematics and a Science subject.
If you don’t meet the entry requirements above, we may be able to accept your prior learning or experience from outside of formal education. See our Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) page to learn more.
English Language Requirements for International and EU Applicants
IELTS 7.0 overall for visa nationals, with with no less than 6.0 in each component.
Course enquiries
For further information about the programme or entry requirements, please email us at admissions@bathspa.ac.uk.
Before being allowed to enrol, all teacher training applicants are required to complete a number of compulsory compliance checks, including:
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If your application is selected, you will be interviewed before you can be offered a place.
Interviews are held throughout the year. It's your opportunity to share with us your personal qualities and experiences that will allow us to assess your suitability to teach and identify your personal training needs.
You’ll be expected to carry out tasks in preparation for and during your interview. You’ll be notified of any requirements prior to interview.
Course leaders:
The BA Primary Education (5-11) with QTS route is a new undergraduate route for Bath Spa University which was first taught from September 2025 and has not yet completed a full 3-year cycle. Therefore, the data presented here pertains to other education-related courses and may not fully represent this specific undergraduate route with QTS programme. Users are strongly encouraged to independently verify all information before relying on it for decision-making purposes.
We accept a wide range of qualifications for entry to our undergraduate programmes. The main ones are listed under 'Typical offers' in the main column below. For combined courses, please check both subjects. If your qualification is not listed, please email admissions@bathspa.ac.uk with your specific details.