Teaching and Education Courses

Whether you're new to teaching or already working in education, our degrees, PGCE routes and postgraduate pathways help you develop your skills and progress your career in education.

Why choose us?

Whether you are already in an educational role and would like to develop your skills, or you would like to kick start your career in a classroom, we have an array of courses to suit your needs. Explore how education shapes the world outside the classroom by studying one of our Education or Teacher Training degrees. 

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Our Teacher Training provision received outstanding feedback in the 2024 inspection, with inspectors highlighting the strong support for trainees and the clear progression of learning.

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We work with a wide network of schools across London, giving students access to varied and relevant placement experiences as part of their course.

task Routes leading to QTS

Our Teacher Training courses are designed to lead to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) upon successful completion, preparing you for roles in primary, secondary or specialist settings.

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You’ll be taught by lecturers with backgrounds in school leadership, classroom practice and professional education networks.

Course options

Courses in teaching and education

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So I'm Tremaine Baker.

Senior lecturer in initial teacher education.

When you're teaching, you're having impact on a number of students' lives.

You know, when you're teaching teachers, your impact is far wider.

That sense of sort of responsibility almost is is deeply felt.

Comparative education was my favourite.

Because it broadens your mind and you can actually see that not all children around the world have the same opportunities and how much actually politics and a lot that affects that.

So that was definitely my favourite.

The one thing that Middlesex offers is opportunities to students who wouldn't get opportunities elsewhere.

I had a module called SEND where we had this massive group session discussing SEND matters.

It was such a rich experience just debating about what the future holds in terms of SEND.

There are really well-established partnerships across the range of schools and working with schools to make sure that they've got really strong mentors, you know, that they're being really well supported on placements.

Everything we do is designed to make sure that when you leave us in the summer, you are so well prepared to go off to teach.

And on top of that, we run careers days.

We have a lot of sort of partnership with the heads and school leaders coming in talking to students about your early career teaching role.

So they're really well prepared, you know, to to apply for the jobs, then can go on and become amazing teachers.

Your opportunity to positively impact lives: Teacher training at Middlesex

Facilities

Facilities

We have excellent facilities with a collection of specialist resources, online resources and dedicated spaces, including a classroom focused on creative subjects and Primary Education.

Health and education facilities

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Industry experience

Industry experience and partnerships

Our strong connections to local schools, early years and childcare settings, and nurseries can lead to placement opportunities in your later years of study. Local primary and secondary schools contribute to the development of our courses to keep them up to date and relevant for you. They also provide school placements for Middlesex students and frequently employ our graduates as Early Career Teachers.  

Our campus is in Hendon (zone 3) in North London, but you will also spend time on placements in our partnership schools getting real world experience. These are located across Greater London and neighbouring counties.

News

“In Education Studies, we had a great time doing microteaching. Everyone designed a 10-minute activity they thought would help primary school kids learn, then took turns acting as the teacher while the rest of us pretended to be the class. I was really impressed by how the group worked together - with humour, creativity, and respect - sharing ideas and showing how imagination and teamwork make learning powerful. For their assignments, students reflected on microteaching from both the teacher’s and the child’s point of view and explored how primary schools and the national curriculum could better support children today.”

Dr Lottie Hoare, Lecturer in Education and Early Childhood Studies

Careers

Careers and employability

A teaching or education degree opens doors to roles such as teacher, headteacher, early years practitioner, education researcher, policy adviser and more. Many of our alumni progress from Early Career Teachers into middle and senior leadership positions, often return to support new trainees through mentoring and guest lecturing. 

How a PGCE leads to QTS 

A PGCE is short for Postgraduate Certificate in Education and is a teaching postgraduate course designed for graduates who want to become qualified teachers in the UK. It combines university-based study with practical teaching experience in schools. A PGCE gives you both academic credits at master’s level and the practical classroom experience needed to gain QTS. 

We offer PGCE Primary and Secondary routes 

Middlesex University offers several initial teacher education courses, which for primary age include a three-year BA in Primary Education, the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), and salaried routes, including a postgraduate teacher apprenticeship programme. For secondary teachers these include the PGCE, salaried routes and teacher apprenticeship programme.

Your career and job opportunities

Entry requirements

Entry requirements and how to apply

At Middlesex, we're proud of how we recognise the potential of future teaching and education students like you. We make fair and aspirational offers because we want you to aim high, and we’ll support you all the way.

General requirements for teaching and education courses

Undergraduate: 80-112 UCAS tariff points and GCSE English and Maths

Postgraduate: 2:2 or higher in a relevant area and GCSE English and Maths

Please refer to each teaching and education course for specific entry requirements.

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How to apply

Please refer to each teaching and education courses for information on how to apply.

How to apply for undergraduate courses

How to apply for postgraduate courses

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Student experience
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Student experience and community

BA Early Childhood Studies student Angelica Ngoma features in Nursery World, where she talks about her experience studying at Middlesex University. In the interview, she explains what motivates her to pursue a career in early years education, the skills she is developing on the course, and how her studies and placements are helping her prepare for a future in the sector.

Read the full interview to learn more about Angelica’s journey and the opportunities available through the Early Childhood Studies course at Middlesex. 

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