Primary Education with QTS at Birmingham City University
Primary Education with QTS (BA (Hons), X120) at Birmingham City University: UCAS’s course data does not show an entry requirement for 2027 entry yet. The middle entrant to the course had under 96 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Main course page on bcu.ac.uk ↗
Entry requirement
Not in UCAS’s data yet
UCAS’s course search data does not include one for 2027 yet, though the university may have published it. Check bcu.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subject
The middle entrant had under 96 points.
10 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 100%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- X120 · X1 teacher training
- Duration
- 3 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- built in
Accredited by the Department for Education (DfE) for the purpose of delivering initial teacher training programmes to achieve Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS). More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
95%
still studying
UK 89%
5%
left higher education
UK 8%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
35 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course92%90%
Learning opportunities98%91%
Assessment and feedback80%88%
Academic support96%94%
Organisation and management71%82%
Learning resources92%91%
Student voice92%86%
10 final-year students · 92% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£31k3 years£26.5k5 years£32k
£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 70 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
83% working3% working and studying2% studying8% unemployed4% other
UK, same subject: 92% in work or study
90%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 89%
100%
say their work is meaningful
UK 97%
86%
use what they learned
UK 90%
- Teaching Professionals84%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation5%
- Teaching and Childcare Associate Professionals3%
- Managers, directors and senior officials2%
- Caring personal services1%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 120 graduates · 54% responded · 2023-24
Figures are for the main course; this variant is listed with it. Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Birmingham, West Midlands, England
- Postcode
- B5 5JU
Subjects
primary teaching education and teaching
Campus
- Campus
- City Centre Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Teacher training at other universities
One course at each of 10 universities. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor University | Primary Education (Welsh medium course) BA (Hons) | 104 - 128 points | — |
| Bath Spa University | Primary Education (5-11) with QTS BA (Hons) | BBB - BBC | 112–127 |
| Birkbeck, University of London | Language Teaching and Languages (French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese) BA (Hons) | 112 points | — |
| University of Aberdeen | Music Education BMus (Hon) | BBC | 176–191 |
| University of Bedfordshire | Physical Education Secondary (With QTS) BA (Hons) | 112 points | 96–111 |
| Bradford College | Primary Education with QTS BA (Hons) | 96 points | 112–127 |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Primary Education with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) BEd (Hons) | — | 112–127 |
| Birmingham City University | Primary Education with QTS this course | — | under 96 |
| Birmingham Newman University | Primary Education 3-11 Foundation Degree Progression Top up with QTS BA (Hons) | — | — |
| Bristol, UWE | Primary Education (QTS) BA (Hons) | See entry requirements | — |
| University of Brighton | Primary Education 3-7 with QTS BA (Hons) | — | — |
See all 242 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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