Primary (and middle school deemed primary) and education teaching professionals plan, organise and provide instruction to children at all levels up to the age of entry into secondary education.
Wages
New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£17,436
£36,825
£50,478
New workers start around £17,436. Normal pay is £36,825 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £50,478.
Available jobs
In the past year there were 394,391 vacancies for this type of job
1.73%
Projected job growth over the next 8 years
Related courses
People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.
What they do most days?
Assists with or plans and develops curriculum and rota of teaching duties.
Discusses progress with student, parents and/or other education professionals.
Supervises teaching assistants and trainees.
Undertakes pastoral duties.
Teaches simple songs and rhymes, reads stories and organises various activities to promote language, social and physical development.
Maintains records of students’ progress and development.
Prepares students for external examinations and administers and invigilates these examinations.
Prepares, assigns and corrects exercises and examinations to record and evaluate students’ progress.
Prepares and delivers courses and lessons in accordance with curriculum requirements and teaches a range of subjects.
Hard Skills
Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.
National Curriculum
Classroom Management
Due Diligence
Lesson Planning
Working With Children
Child Protection
Curriculum Development
External Auditing
Learning Styles
Effective Communication
Soft Skills
Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.
Teaching
Communication
Planning
Management
Interpersonal Communications
Enthusiasm
Leadership
English Language
Constructive Feedback
Mathematics
How do I get a job like this?
People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.
Routes to this career
Applied Education Studies
Nottingham College
BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Nottingham · 23/09/2024
Tariff points: 48/48
Primary Education with QTS
Bishop Grosseteste University
BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Lincoln · 23/09/2024
Tariff points: 112/112
Primary Education (2-year fast track)
University of Plymouth
BA (Hons) · 2 Years · Full-time · Plymouth · 16/09/2024
Tariff points: 112/112
Primary Education with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
Liverpool John Moores University
BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Liverpool · 16/09/2024
Tariff points: 120/128
Primary Education: Inclusion with SEND with QTS (5-11 Years)
University of Cumbria
BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Lancaster · 17/09/2024
Tariff points: 112/128
Primary Education 5-11 with QTS
University of Brighton
BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Brighton · 23/09/2024
Tariff points: N/A
Primary Education with QTS
Edge Hill University
BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Ormskirk · 09/2024
Tariff points: 112/120
Childhood and Education Studies (Online)
University College Birmingham
BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Online study · Birmingham · 03/02/2025
Tariff points: N/A
Primary Teaching (QTS)
University of Chichester
BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Bognor Regis · 23/09/2024
Tariff points: 104/120
Primary Education (QTS)
Kingston University
BA · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 09/2024
Tariff points: 112/128
Primary Education with QTS (5-11)
Liverpool Hope University
BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Liverpool · 09/2024
Tariff points: 120/120
Science (with Biology) with Secondary Education (QTS)
Birmingham Newman University
BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Birmingham · 23/09/2024
Tariff points: 112/112
Primary Education (3-7) (With QTS)
University of Bedfordshire
BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Bedford · 09/2024
Tariff points: 112/112
BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS*
University of Greenwich
BA · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 09/2024
Tariff points: 112/112
English with ODA (Secondary PGCE - Graduates only)
Bangor University
PGCE · 1 Year · Full-time · Bangor, Gwynedd · 16/09/2024
Tariff points: N/A
Primary Education (Early Years) (with QTS)
Plymouth Marjon University
BEd (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Plymouth · 23/09/2024
Tariff points: 112/112
Physical Education
Solent University (Southampton)
BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Southampton · 16/09/2024
Tariff points: 104/120
Primary Education with QTS
University of Winchester
BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Winchester · 16/09/2024
Tariff points: 112/120
French with Spanish (PGDE - Graduates Only)
University of Glasgow
PGDES · 1 Year · Full-time · Glasgow · 08/2024
Tariff points: N/A
Primary Education
University of Aberdeen
MA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Aberdeen · 16/09/2024
Tariff points: N/A
Primary Education with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
Anglia Ruskin University
BEd (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Cambridge · 09/09/2024
Tariff points: 120/120
Education and Curricular Studies with Teaching Qualification - Home Economics
University of Strathclyde
BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Glasgow · 16/09/2024
Tariff points: N/A
Primary Education with QTS (ages 3-7)
University of Gloucestershire
BEd (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Cheltenham · 23/09/2024
Tariff points: 112/112
PGDE Primary (Graduates only)
University of the West of Scotland
PGDES · 1 Year · Full-time · Hamilton · 08/2024
Tariff points: N/A
Primary Education with SEND
University of Sunderland
BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Sunderland · 09/09/2024
Tariff points: 120/120
Secondary Education (Mathematics) PGDE
University of Dundee
PGDES · 9 Months · Full-time · Dundee · 08/2024
Tariff points: N/A
PGDE Secondary Teaching (English Medium) Home Economics
University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)
PGDES · 1 Year · Full-time · Inverness · 08/2024
Tariff points: 21/24
PGDE Secondary (Home Economics)
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
PGDES · 1 Year · Full-time · Edinburgh · 08/2024
Tariff points: N/A
PGDE Chemistry (Graduates only)
The University of Edinburgh
PGDES · 1 Year · Full-time · Edinburgh · 08/2024
Tariff points: N/A
Education Studies
Bradford College
BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Bradford · 09/2024
Tariff points: 80/80