Three children looking at a tablet computer together Find out why our BEd Primary Education with QTS is the gold star of teacher training

Teaching and Education

ARU is the place to train as a teacher or study education. With over 20 years’ experience of training education professionals, we're the only new accredited University provider of teacher training in the UK. and are in the top 10% in the country for graduate employment (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2024).

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04 Oct 25

Why study a teaching or education course at ARU?

Our courses

BEd (Hons) Primary Education with QTS

Cambridge, Chelmsford, Peterborough

BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies (Graduate Practitioner)

Chelmsford, Distance Learning

BA (Hons) Montessori Early Childhood Studies (Graduate Practitioner)

Chelmsford, Distance Learning

BA (Hons) Primary Education Studies

Cambridge, Chelmsford, Peterborough

FdA Early Years and Education

Distance Learning

Mitzi Harris holding a large storybook in a classroom

Alumni success

Mitzi graduated with a First from our BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies in 2023, and now works as an Admissions and Conversion Co-ordinator at ARU, as well as being a freelance writer and self-published children’s author.

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Kate Larsson sitting with an open book in a classroom

Alumni success

Kate graduated from our BA (Hons) Montessori Early Childhood Studies in 2023 as a mature student, and now works as Manager of a thriving Montessori Nursery and Pre-school in Cambridgeshire.

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Headshot of Primary Education with QTS student Harry Williams in a restaurant

Student spotlight

"As soon as I walked in, saw them, saw how passionate they were about this new course which was starting – that instantly won out over all the other universities I’d looked at."

Harry's story
Rebecca Dempsey wearing Rocking Horse Nursery shirt

Student spotlight

Rebecca studies on our FdA by distance learning, and works at a nursery recently visited by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.

"We did a whole topic on outdoor play for one of the modules, and that allowed me to change a lot of the outdoor area in my setting."

Rebecca's story