STANDARD

Level 3 Education & Early Years

Course Length

September 2025 -> June 2027

Amount Payable

Fee for non-Lancashire Residents: £TBC
Fee for Lancashire Residents: £TBC

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Course Requirements

5 GCSE passes at a minimum of Grade 4, which must include a Grade 3 and 4 in English Language or Literature and Maths, in either combination.

Start Date

02/09/2025

End Date

25/06/2027

Start Date

02/09/2025

End Date

25/06/2027

Day / Time (If Applicable)

Fee Type

Course Ref

ACCAF301 (2025/2027)

Remaining Places

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Course Location

Accrington & Rossendale College, Accrington & Rossendale College, Broad Oak Campus,Accrington,BB5 2AS

Fees (before fee reduction/waivers)

Fee for non-Lancashire Residents: £TBC
Fee for Lancashire Residents: £TBC

Fee eligible to be waived?

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Please note that the College is only able to offer this course at the rates publicised on this website to those individuals aged 19+ or over on 31st August 2024 whose home address is in areas of England outside of the devolved authority areas of: Cambridge and Peterborough, Greater Manchester, Greater London, Liverpool City Region, Tees Valley, West Midlands and West of England. Where an individual resides outside of England or in one of the devolved areas then the College reserves the right to charge you for the delivery of the course at a rate of £11.25 per hour. This is in line with the College’s Fees Policy which is published on our websites.

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Sloc Location Code

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Overview of Course

On this course you will learn the technical knowledge and practical skills you need to pursue a career working with children, covering all aspects of Early Years, child health and development, and the role of the Early Years Educator during this important stage of life.

You will learn about the development of children from birth to seven years, covering topics such as how children learn, health and safety for children, and cognitive and physical development. Crucially you will be able to put all this into practice on an exciting extended industry placement.

What you will learn

• Child development from birth to seven years.
• Children’s health and wellbeing.
• Providing safe environments for children, play and learning.
• Understanding children’s additional needs and observation, assessment and planning.

Entry Requirements

5 GCSE passes at a minimum of Grade 4, which must include a Grade 3 and 4 in English Language or Literature and Maths, in either combination.

How Your Course Will Be Assessed

• You will be assessed through a combination of internal and external assessments.
• This course has 750 hours in placement throughout two years and you will undertake competency-based assessments in the workplace during this placement. A DBS will also be needed.
• You will study in modern classrooms with interactive learning technology and will have access to up-to-date resources,
• including childcare classes with real world childcare resources
• Students will have access to high end computer suites and various programmes and software to aid their studies.

How will I know if I'm making progress?

What coursework will I be expected to complete?

Additional information

• Employers are involved in the development and delivery of this programme to ensure it best fits industry requirements, giving you the skills, you need to thrive in this sector.
• Opportunities to take part in industry career days.
• A large number of our students progress onto degrees in Primary Education at well-respected universities across the country.

Careers progression

• Primary School Teacher
• Nursery Manager
• Education Welfare Officer
• Play Therapist
• Teaching Assistant
• Hospital Play Specialist
• Special Ed. Needs Teacher

The online application and enrolment process is really simple, once you have clicked the “APPLY" or "ENROL” button you will be redirected to the portal where you either log in or create an account (if you haven’t done so previously). We will then ask you to give us a couple of bits of information like address, mobile phone number ect and that’s it.

Once your applications has been made the next step will be for you to book yourself onto one of our interview evenings, depending on availability you might be able to do this straight away but otherwise we will get in contact to arrange when you come in for an interview.

At any point you can log back into the portal throughout the year, update information like your predicted GCSE grades, update contact and consent information and keep a live track of your application.

If you have any questions or run into any problems when using the portal please get in contact with us and we will help