T Level in Education & Early Years

Overview

Delivered in our brand-new nursery environment, this course will provide you with the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed to progress into skilled employment, higher-level technical training or study in the education and early years sector. You will learn all about important topics such as safeguarding, child development, special educational needs and the role of families and support agencies.

This qualification enables you to build a strong skillset, providing a platform for future careers relevant to this area. We deliver the occupational specialism in Early Years Education and Early Years, which will consist of both classroom-based and practical learning.

You must complete 750 hours of relevant work experience across 2 years, which can give you a careers edge and fast track you into the area of education and childcare that you are interested in. You will develop a rounded knowledge and relevant set of skills that are favoured amongst employers in this sector.

What You Will Learn

The qualification is split into 2 component parts:

Core Component:

• The knowledge and underpinning concepts, theories and principles as well as core skills for the education and childcare sector.

Occupational Specialisms:

• Early Years Educator

Progression

Successful completion of your T Level qualification enables you to be employed as a level 3 educator within early years and nursery school settings, and is your full licence to practice.

You will also be able to progress into higher level study at university dependent on your grades. Your T Level is equivalent to 3 A-levels and will be graded from Pass to Distinction Star.

Potential career paths may include Primary Teaching and relevant degrees such as Psychology, Play work and Child Development, Children’s Social Work and Children’s Nursing.