IELTS 6.0 with no skill below 5.5
Equip yourself with the knowledge and skills you’ll need to be an effective leader working with children, from birth up to the age of five, and their families.
As part of this course you’ll:
Gain a deep understanding of the early years of a child's life as the most crucial in their development
Combine a thorough academic grounding with practical experience
Learn to support a child’s learning, help to shape their identity and give them the best possible start in life
Explore a variety of issues relating to early years policy, practice and research
Understand the legal, business, financial and ethical aspects surrounding early years provision
You’ll develop the specialist skills to lead learning and development in an early years childcare setting. Your expertise combined with your leadership ability will enable you to follow your entrepreneurial ambition to create your own business in this field.
Our tutors are committed to helping you grow and will provide you with access to the latest research in teaching, learning and educational leadership.
You’ll hear from a range of guest speakers, each giving their own perspectives on current educational issues. Previous events have covered topics such as social work, employability and enterprise activity.
Visiting childcare providers in the area will give you the opportunity to learn about effective methods for operating a business and help you develop your own ideas and plans.
Teaching & Learning
To ensure that our assessments more accurately reflect working in the early years sector, we assess you in your modules using a variety of innovative approaches, such as through professional conversation, the creation of artefacts to use with children, or reporting on your completion of a sector-based intervention.
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Year 1
The Holistic Child
Play as an Approach to Learning
Curriculum & Pedagogy in the Early Years
Developing Academic Skills
Personal & Professional Development 1: Your Practice
The Context of Early Years Enterprise
Year 2
Young Children’s Communication Incorporating Outdoor Learning
Creative, Confident Children
Observing, Assessing & Documenting Early Years Outcomes
Safeguarding, Child Health & Wellbeing
Personal & Professional Development 2: The Team in Practice
Business Planning for the Early Years
Year 3
Current Issues in the Early Years
Transitions
Sector-Based Project
Personal & Professional Development 3: Leading & Managing Practice
Nurturing Your Early Years Enterprise
When you graduate, you will be well placed to apply for a range of posts in the private, voluntary, independent or public sectors of early years education, or you could use your enhanced entrepreneurial skills to set up and run your own day-care setting, such as a childcare centre or leisure service, including soft play, painting or pottery sessions. Alternatively, you could continue your studies on our MA Childhood & Early Years, MRes Professional Practice or our MA Education courses.
Childcare practitioner
Nursery leader
Reception class teaching assistant
Nursery nurse
Health Insurance_fee: £300/year