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What university course is needed to be a primary school teacher?

I am currently in year 10 and want to be a primary school teacher. Any website that I look on talks about QTS’s or something, which I don’t really understand. Could anybody simplify what I need to do for higher education to be a primary school teacher?

This is in the UK by the way, thanks. (:

When you start university you can either:

Do a 4 year teaching degree and at the end you will have QTS.

OR

Do any degree and then complete a one year teaching course at the end of it. After you’ve done the teaching course you will have QTS.

(QTS just means Qualified Teacher Status- means you’re qualified to teach!)

Anything else, just ask!

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2 Responses to “What university course is needed to be a primary school teacher?”

  1. You have to learn how to teach! That requires a four year degree teaching course. You also need special courses in the grade level you want to teach at. Talk with your teachers about teaching. Teaching is a difficult and often boring profession. Few teachers stay at it more than three years.
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  2. When you start university you can either:

    Do a 4 year teaching degree and at the end you will have QTS.

    OR

    Do any degree and then complete a one year teaching course at the end of it. After you’ve done the teaching course you will have QTS.

    (QTS just means Qualified Teacher Status- means you’re qualified to teach!)

    Anything else, just ask!
    References :

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