Program Overview

EDUCATION AND EARLY YEARS T-LEVEL

Overview

The Education and Early Years T-Level is a two-year technical qualification that combines learning in the classroom with gaining vital 'on-the-job' experience. This course is designed to provide students with the foundation they need to progress towards a skilled career or university study in the field of education and early years.

Course Details

Level

Level 3

Duration

2 years full-time

Placement

750 hours

Entry

September

Fees

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Course Breakdown

Year 1

• Core knowledge and understanding
  • Supporting Education
  • Safeguarding, Health and Safety and Wellbeing
  • Behaviour
  • Parents, Families and Carers
  • Working with Others
  • Child Development
  • Observation and Assessment
  • Reflective Practice
  • Equality and Diversity
  • Special Educational Needs and Disability
  • English as an Additional Language

Year 2

• Occupational Specialism: Choose from either Early Years Educator or Assisting Teaching
  • Occupational Specialism: Early Years Educator
    • Supporting and promoting children's play, development and early education
    • Developing relationships with children to facilitate their development
    • Planning, providing and reviewing care, play and educational opportunities to enable children to progress
    • Safeguarding and promoting the health, safety and wellbeing of children
    • Working in partnership with colleagues, parents, carers and other professionals to support children's development
  • Occupational Specialism: Assisting Teaching
    • Focus on children and young people aged 5-19 years
    • Support the class teacher to enhance children's education, individually and in groups
    • Plan, provide and review educational opportunities in collaboration with teachers and other adults
    • Safeguard and promote the health, safety and wellbeing of children and young people
    • Recognise, adapt and respond to individual children's needs, including those with SEND, to support development and access to the curriculum

Entry Requirements

• Academic requirements
  • 4 GCSEs at grade 4 (grade C) including English (Language or Literature) and Maths, or equivalent.
• English and maths
  • As applicants are required to achieve English and Maths at grade 4 (grade C) prior to entering this course, University College Birmingham will not offer English or Maths alongside this T-level.
• Supporting documents required
  • School applicants will be required to provide a good school report, which must include attendance. This will be assessed in conjunction with your qualifications and application during the confirmation of your place at University College Birmingham.
• Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
  • This course requires a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Information about the DBS check and how to apply for it will be sent to you by our placement team after enrolment. University College Birmingham will coordinate and fund the completion of the DBS check.
• Applicant criteria
  • As this is a 2-year study programme, you will need to be aged 16 to 18 to apply for this course.

Key Information

• Teaching and assessment
  • To achieve this qualification, you must successfully demonstrate your achievement of the Core Component and Occupational Specialism Component.
  • The Core Component is 100% externally assessed. The assessment consists of:
    • Paper A written examination
    • Paper B written examination
    • Employer-set project
  • The Occupational Specialism Components are also externally assessed, except for the observation element, which is internally marked and externally moderated by NCFE.
• Uniform and kit costs
  • This course requires a uniform and kit costing approximately £30, depending on the items you purchase. (Prices are subject to change each year – exact costs and information on how to order required items will be provided to you prior to enrolment.)

Career Opportunities

• Early years educator
  • Average Salary: £18,526
• Teaching assistant
  • Average Salary: £23,000
• Special educational needs (SEN) teaching assistant
  • Average Salary: £17,789
• Family support worker
  • Average Salary: £21,000
• Nanny
  • Average Salary: £32,500
• Childminder
  • Variable

Facilities

• Early Years simulation suite
  • The suite contains a digital zone, creative zone, discovery zone, imagination zone and sensory zone
  • The suite is divided into five different learning zones to reflect the diversity of practice in the sector

Meet Your Tutors

• Laura Main
  • Senior Lecturer
• Kirsten Smith
  • Lecturer