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**Ready to make a real difference? Become a qualified primary teacher and inspire young minds with our practice-based, research-led primary education degree.**Do you want to inspire a love of learning in children? To see the lightbulb moment where it all 'clicks', and know you helped make it happen? Get ready to learn how to become a teacher. You'll gain the academic expertise as well as the core teaching skills to become a confident, inclusive, and creative educator who believes in every child's potential.This primary education degree provides the perfect fast-track teacher training route with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). Combining academic study with interactive seminars and experiential learning, you'll build strong subject knowledge across the 3-7 years curriculum (Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and Key Stage 1).With school placements every year, you'll start shaping your teacher identity from day one. You'll graduate as a reflective, research-informed educator, equipped with the professional skills to inspire, challenge, and support young learners as they discover the world around them.As part of this primary education course, you'll:* Master the curriculum through engaging modules that build strong subject knowledge, helping you feel confident teaching across primary age groups* Understand how children think, grow, and learn - and gain the skills to support every child to succeed and feel included* Explore the future of teaching with the latest educational technologies in our cutting-edge VR and augmented reality labs* Teach creatively, designing inclusive lessons that spark curiosity and captivate children's imaginations* Lead a practitioner enquiry project, using research to improve classroom practice**Find out more**\From student to confident teacher\Practice-based classroom placements - across our network of over 150 partner schools in West Yorkshire - are built into every year of the course. Each year, you'll complete a minimum of eight weeks on placement (120 days across the course). You'll develop core teaching skills, build your confidence, and grow a strong professional identity, fully supported by expert tutors and in-school mentors as you work towards achieving QTS. Not only will you learn how to become a teacher, you'll actually experience teaching in real classrooms before you graduate.**Fast-track your teaching career**\This primary education degree enables you to become a primary teacher with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in just three years. When you graduate, you'll be ready to step straight into the classroom as an Early Career Teacher (ECT). Non-QTS courses typically require additional study after your first degree to become a qualified teacher.**Assessments that reflect real teaching**\There are no formal written exams on this course. Instead, you'll complete creative, coursework-based assignments such as group podcasts, individual presentations, and lively debates, mirroring real teaching practice and building your confidence in communication, planning, and reflection.**Why Study the BA Primary Education (3-7) with QTS course at Leeds Beckett University?**1\. **Outstanding teaching quality** - 94% of students on BA (Hons) Primary Education (3-7) with QTS were positive about the way teaching staff explain things\*\2. **Go beyond the classroom** - you'll get to explore a range of teaching contexts, including the chance to complete Forest School training\3. **Achieve Qualified Teacher Status** in just three years on this teacher training course and begin teaching as an Early Career Teacher\4. **Build practical experience from day one** - spend at least 120 days on placement via our large and diverse school partnership\5. **Join a supportive community** - you'll be taught by research-informed tutors who are all experienced qualified teachers\*National Student