What qualification will I achieve?
T Level Technical Qualification in Education and Early Years (Level 3) (delivered by NCFE) (qualification aim: 60358294)
What will you learn on this course?
Core Knowledge and understanding in Childcare: will investigate the range of job roles and organisations in the sector. The core content focuses on students knowledge and understanding of contexts, concepts, theories and principles for child development and care.
Occupational specialist knowledge and skills: Students will develop understanding of childcare and child development from birth-7years. Students will learn how to identify and check development patterns and how to plan and provide educational play to encourage progress and learning.
Project management skills: research and problem solving, working with others, communication, evaluation. Students will demonstrate they can communicate information clearly to engaged children, work with others to plan and provide stimulating activities and use formative and summative assessment to track childrens developmental progress.
Develop Practical skills through Industry placement 750 hours across two years in the different age ranges.
English, maths and digital skills relevant to the health sector
T Levels are equivalent to three A Levels and are allocated UCAS tariff points
How is my course assessed?
Core Skills will be assessed through externally assessed tests and an employer set-project.
Technical skills will be assessed through work-placement observations and Synoptic assessment of performance.
How many UCAS points will I achieve on this course?
The number of UCAS tariff points for a T Level diploma varies between 72 and 168 points, depending on your grade for the core content and the specialism.
We've included some examples below of what grades you need to achieve common UCAS tariff point entry requirements:
UCAS Points |
Grades required |
72 |
Pass (D or E on the core) |
96 |
Pass (C or above on the core) |
120 |
Merit |
144 |
Distinction |
168 |
Distinction (A on the core and distinction in the specialism |
72 |
45 credits at distinction |
You can find more details on the UCAS Tariff points calculator here.