Primary Teacher Education (Campus-Based)
BA (Hons)
Expected move to Headington Campus for the start of the 2025/26 academic year
UCAS code: X120
Start dates: September 2025 / September 2026
Full time: 3 years
Location: Headington
Department(s): School of Education, Humanities and Languages
Overview
You'll join a course whose graduates inspire thousands of children and teach in hundreds of schools across Oxfordshire and beyond. The BA (Hons) in Primary Teacher Education is specifically designed to provide you with secure subject and pedagogical knowledge that enables you to become effective classroom teachers.
School leaders know our graduates are well-prepared to meet the high standards expected of them in our schools, with a broad range of on-campus and on-placement teaching and learning. Which will prepare you to make a difference in the lives of every child you will teach, every day..
Your University lecturers have held senior posts in schools and are subject specialists. While on-placement, expert colleagues in our partnership schools will provide you with the mentoring to support your development of purposeful practice in schools.
At the end of the programme, successful completion of the programme, will enable you to be recommended for qualified teacher status
Why Oxford Brookes University?
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Purposefully designed placements
Put your training into practice with placements in at least two different schools and key stages and learn how to make a difference to the lives of every child you teach.
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Excellence for all
The programme is underpinned by the principles of character, equity and inclusion, with a focus on adaptive pedagogies.
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Evidence informed practice
An academically rigorous and ambitious curriculum to fully develop your skills.
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Expert support
Incremental and sustained trainee progress - with nothing left to chance and tailored support where needed.
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Excellent career options
Trainees secure jobs in schools that are right for them.
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Free language courses
Free language courses are available to full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students on many of our courses, and can be taken as a credit on some courses.
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Accreditation(s)
The Department for Education
Course details
Study modules
Teaching for this course takes place face to face and you can expect around 18 hours of contact time per week. In addition to this, you should also anticipate a workload of 1,200 hours per year. Teaching usually takes place Monday to Friday, between 9.00am and 6.00pm. Placement hours are 8am-4pm minimum.
Contact hours involve activities such as lectures, seminars, practicals, assessments, and academic advising sessions. These hours differ by year of study and typically increase significantly during placements or other types of work-based learning.
Careers
Teaching is a career where you can make a real difference to children’s lives. And you’ll finish this course with the skills and confidence to become an outstanding primary teacher, ready to start your teaching career.
You’ll develop strong relationships with teachers and school leaders at multiple schools during your placements. And you’ll graduate with a solid professional network that will help you secure your first teaching role.
You’ll graduate with skills, knowledge and confidence that you’ll draw on throughout your whole career. You will be an effective beginning teacher who is ready to embark on their ECT years.
Professional accreditation
This course is accredited by the Teaching Regulation Agency to grant Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in the UK. You will be provisionally registered with the Teaching Regulation Agency at the beginning of your course. Students who successfully complete the course will be recommended for QTS.
Student profiles
Entry requirements
Wherever possible we make our conditional offers using the UCAS Tariff. The combination of A-level grades listed here would be just one way of achieving the UCAS Tariff points for this course.
Standard offer
UCAS Tariff Points: 104
A Level: BCC
IB Points: 29
BTEC: DMM
Contextual offer
UCAS Tariff Points: 88
A Level: CCD
IB Points: 27
BTEC: MMM
Specific entry requirements
GCSE: GCSEs or equivalents: achieve a standard of grade 4 or higher in English Language, Mathematics and Science (Science with Chemistry, Science with Physics, Science with Biology).
Dispensation from three A levels will be considered at the discretion of the Academic Admissions Lead.
Please also see the University's general entry requirements.
Screening
All applicants will be screened for fitness to practise and a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be made.
Selection process
Applicants who meet the entry criteria will be invited to an online interview.The interview is an opportunity for us to get to know you and for you to discover more about the programme. During the interview you will be given the opportunity to respond to a core element of the OBU ITET evidence base.
English language requirements
Please see the University's standard English language requirements.
English requirements for visas
If you need a student visa to enter the UK you will need to meet the UK Visas and Immigration minimum language requirements as well as the University's requirements. Find out more about English language requirements.
Terms and Conditions of Enrolment
When you accept our offer, you agree to the Terms and Conditions of Enrolment. You should therefore read those conditions before accepting the offer.
International qualifications and equivalences
How to apply
Application process
Apply for this course through UCAS.
You will receive a communication from us inviting you to an online interview day if your application is successful.
A successful interview will lead to you receiving an offer for a place on this course.
We recommend that you gain some school experience before applying for the course, this is not a requirement for the course.
Tuition fees
Questions about fees?
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Tuition fees
* Following the government’s announcement of 4 November 2024, we expect to increase our undergraduate tuition fees for UK students to £9,535 from the start of the 2025/26 academic year. Please visit The Education Hub for more information about the changes. We will confirm our fees for 2025/26 as soon as possible.
Please note, tuition fees for Home students may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students in line with an inflationary amount determined by government. Oxford Brookes University intends to maintain its fees for new and returning Home students at the maximum permitted level.
Tuition fees for International students may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students.
The following factors will be taken into account by the University when it is setting the annual fees: inflationary measures such as the retail price indices, projected increases in University costs, changes in the level of funding received from Government sources, admissions statistics and access considerations including the availability of student support.
How and when to pay
Tuition fee instalments for the semester are due by the Monday of week 1 of each semester. Students are not liable for full fees for that semester if they leave before week 4. If the leaving date is after week 4, full fees for the semester are payable.
- For information on payment methods please see our Make a Payment page.
- For information about refunds please visit our Refund policy page
Additional costs
Please be aware that some courses will involve some additional costs that are not covered by your fees. Specific additional costs for this course are detailed below.
Compulsory costs
Additional costs | Amount (£) |
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Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) initial check | £54 |
Physical Education and School Sport (PESS) specialism. Optional kit is available to purchase. | £40-90 |
Travel and associated costs when undertaking work placements. |
£30-700 per year |
Optional costs
Additional costs | Amount (£) |
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3-day Outdoor Education Residential in South Wales (inc. food, accommodation, travel, equipment and tuition) | £180 |
Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) top-up check (to keep up to date) | £13 |
5-day Education Residential to Cornwall (inc. accommodation, travel, equipment and tuition) |
£330 |
It’s your responsibility to cover print / binding costs where coursework submission is required. Please note that a lot of the coursework is now submitted online. |
From £30 |
You may choose to purchase books to support your studies. Many books on our reading lists are available via the Library, or can be purchased secondhand. | £20-60 per book |
Accommodation fees in Brookes Letting (most do not include bills) |
£94-265 per week |
Accommodation fees in university halls (bills included, excluding laundry costs) |
£122-180 per week |
Graduation costs include tickets, gowning and photography. Gowns are not compulsory but typically students do hire robes, starting at £41. |
Typically £0-200 |
Students are responsible for their own travel to and from university for classes. BrookesBus travel is subsidised for full-time undergraduate students that are on a course with a fee of £9,250 or more, or living in an Oxford Brookes hall of residence. There is an administration fee for the production of a BrookesKey. |
From £10 |
Funding your studies
Financial support and scholarships
Featured funding opportunities available for this course.
All financial support and scholarships
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Full-time study
Programme changes:
On rare occasions we may need to make changes to our course programmes after they have been
published on the website. For more information, please visit our
changes to programmes page.