Primary Education (With QTS) at University of Bedfordshire
Primary Education (With QTS) (BA (Hons), X120) at University of Bedfordshire asked for 112 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 96–111 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on beds.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~112 points
Selectivearound BBB
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 beds.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 112
The middle entrant had 96–111 points. 70% had fewer than the 112 asked.
25 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 95%, other higher education 5%.
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
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
90%
still studying
UK 89%
5%
left higher education
UK 8%
5%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
35 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course99%90%
Learning opportunities98%91%
Assessment and feedback98%88%
Academic support100%94%
Organisation and management90%82%
Learning resources100%91%
Student voice97%86%
25 final-year students · 100% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£32k3 years£27.5k5 years£33k
£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 15 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
65% working25% working and studying10% other
UK, same subject: 92% in work or study
100%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 89%
95%
say their work is meaningful
UK 97%
85%
use what they learned
UK 90%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 10 graduates · 60% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Bedford, South East England, England
- Postcode
- MK41 9EA
Subjects
primary teaching education and teaching
Campus
- Campus
- Bedford Campus
- 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.
See all 242 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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