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Learning and Teaching (top-up) BA (Hons)

Key Facts

  • Level

    UndergraduateUG BA (Hons)

  • Duration

    1 year full time

  • Starting

    September

  • Fees UK 25/26 >

    Full Time: £9,535

  • Location

    Waterside Campus (Northampton) or Leicester

Updated 31/01/2025

Updated 31/01/2025

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Overview


The BA Learning and Teaching Top-up degree is designed to follow on from our Foundation Degree in Learning and Teaching, or equivalent Level 5 qualifications. It is aimed at teaching assistants and those in similar educational support roles and is designed to fit around your work, with attendance at University being one day per week.

There is a choice of venues, with cohorts at Waterside (Northampton) and Leicester.

Highlights


  • Enables you to top-up your qualification to a BA Honours degree whilst continuing with your current role.
  • Provides good preparation for Primary PGCE and other QTS routes.
  • Guaranteed interview for PGCE Primary Education (5-11) (QTS) on completion (T&Cs apply)
  • Two locations (Northampton and Leicester) available subject to student numbers.
  • Experienced and supportive tutor team.
  • Designed to fit in with your employment in school and is taught on one day per week
  • Modules are designed to help you develop excellent models of practice underpinned by theory
  • There are no examinations

Entry Requirements


We ask that applicants have completed a Foundation Degree in Teaching and Learning or equivalent, amounting to 240 Credit Accumulation Transfer Scheme (CATS) points. We also ask that you have recent or current experience in a school or other educational establishment.

For more information on how to make an application, please visit our How to Apply page.

Course Content


Fees and Funding


2025/26 Tuition Fees

  • UK Full Time: £9,535
  • UK Part Time: £1,585 per 20 credit module

Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 2025/26 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years. UON will adjust UK fees annually in line with Government Policy.

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Postgraduate and Careers


Guaranteed Interview: Teacher Training

If you complete your full time educational top-up degree with us and apply for the PGCE Primary Education (5-11) (QTS) programme at the University of Northampton during your final undergraduate year, you are guaranteed an interview.

Terms and conditions apply:

  • Interviews are subject to you meeting the entry criteria for the course, we require a minimum 2:2 degree and relevant GCSEs
  • An interview does not guarantee an offer to study on the course. Places are limited and applications will close once the limit has been reached

Most BALT students go on to gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) through PGCE or other routes, but there are plenty of other career options available within Education and related fields such as social work, counselling, pastoral care, and psychology.

Courses which might be accessible with a BALT degree:

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