Special Educational Needs and Disability Studies at University Centre South Essex

Special Educational Needs and Disability Studies (BA (Hons), X161) at University Centre South Essex asked for 64 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet.

UCAS listing ↗ Course page on southessex.ac.uk ↗

UCAS tariff

~64 points

Open

below CCC

Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is the 2026 one and may have changed. Check southessex.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.

Who actually got in

Came in with A-levels or Highers 85%, an Access course 15%.

Course

Award: Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
Code: X161 · X1 teacher training
Duration: 3 years
Mode: Full-time
Starts: September 2027
Entry: Year 1
Year: 2027

Student experience

After the first yearThis course

65%

still studying

UK 83%

35%

left higher education

UK 10%

moved to a lower award

UK 0%

10 students · started 2023-24

National Student SurveyThis course

% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course100%91%

Learning opportunities100%90%

Assessment and feedback100%90%

Academic support100%92%

Organisation and management100%89%

Learning resources78%91%

Student voice90%85%

10 final-year students · 83% responded · NSS 2024-26

After graduating

SalarySubject at this uni

3 years

£20k5 years

£19.5k

£10k£20k£30k

middle halfmedianUK, same subject

3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates

15 months onSubject at this uni

65% working5% working and studying15% studying5% unemployed10% other

UK, same subject: 85% in work or study

85%

in professional or managerial jobs

UK 57%

100%

say their work is meaningful

UK 90%

100%

use what they learned

UK 75%

Graduate Outcomes survey · 20 graduates · 60% responded · 2022-24

Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.

Location

Campus: Southend-on-Sea, East of England, England
Postcode: SS1 1ND

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Subjects

special needs teaching education and teaching

Campus

Campus: Southend
Housing: Accommodation ↗
Union: Students' union ↗

Teacher training at other universities

The course at each university nearest this one in entry requirement. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.

University	Course	Entry	Middle entrant
Manchester Metropolitan University	English and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) with Foundation Year BA (Hons)	72 - 80 points	—
University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)	Food, Nutrition and Textiles Education BA (Hons)	72 - 75 points	96–111
Leeds Beckett University	Psychology in Education BA (Hons)	72 points	96–111
University of Lancashire	Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and a Modern Language BA (Hons)	72 points	—
Leeds Trinity University	Primary Education Early Years (3-7) QTS with Foundation Year in Education and Childhood BA (Hons)	64 points	—
Solihull College & University Centre	Special Educational Needs, Disability and Inclusive Practice FdA	64 points	—
University Centre Rotherham	Education and Professional Development (Top-up) BA	64 points	—
University Centre South Essex	Special Educational Needs and Disability Studies this course	64 points	—
Cardiff Metropolitan University	Education, Psychology and Special Educational Needs (with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons)	48 points	96–111
Exeter and North Devon Colleges Group	Teaching and Learning FdA	48 points	—
Lincoln Bishop University	Primary Education with QTS (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons)	48 points	112–127

See all 242 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side

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