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Primary Teaching

There are two types of course that can qualify you for primary school teaching:

  • The four year Bachelor of Education (BEd) degree course in Primary Education
  • The one-year Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) course.

Find contact details for all Scottish universities on the Where to Study page.

The following table shows which courses are available:

Courses BEd Primary Postgraduate (PGDE) Primary PGDE Part-time & Distance Learning MA in Primary Education (with Teaching Qualification)
Aberdeen  
Dundee    
Edinburgh    
Glasgow  
West of Scotland    
Stirling X      
Strathclyde  

Subject offered
o Subject offered only as second subject
X Indicates a BA in Professional Education (Primary)

I would urge any teacher considering a move to Scotland to fully embrace it as it's well worth the move, You'll never look back.

Suzanne Bartrop, Maths Teacher

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As a teacher, you feel immense satisfaction seeing a child develop or watching them acheieve good results... it makes you feel you're having an effect on someone's life

Angela Reid, Maths Teacher, St Mungos' High School, Falkirk

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I have to say, teaching is the most rewarding job ever. When you look back over your day, you think of all the good things that have happened

Lynne Hannah, Maths Teacher, Bannockburn High School

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