Childcare: Education and Early Years T Level Level 3 (FCHD)

Studying this T Level helps you learn skills like working with others, observing, and understanding child development.

You’ll do a 45-day work placement per year and improve your Maths, English, and digital skills.

There are two pathways available to study: Early Years Educator Pathway or Assisting Teaching Pathway.

Course content: Early Years Educator Pathway

• Complete a minimum of 315 hours as a work placement over two years

• Communicate information clearly to engage children and young people

• Work with others to plan and provide activities to meet children and young people’s needs

• Use formative and summative assessment to monitor children and young people’s progress to plan and shape educational opportunities

• Assess and manage risks to own and others’ safety when planning activities.

• Support and promote children’s play, development and early education

• Develop relationships with children to facilitate their development

• Plan, provide and review care, play and educational opportunities to enable children to progress

• Safeguard and promote the health, safety and wellbeing of children

• Work in partnership with colleagues, parents, carers and other professionals to support children’s development

Course content: Assisting Teaching Pathway

Complete a minimum of 315 hours as a work placement over two years

Communicate information clearly to engage children and young people

Work with others to plan and provide activities to meet children and young people’s needs

Use formative and summative assessment to monitor children and young people’s progress to plan and shape educational opportunities

Assess and manage risks to own and others’ safety when planning activities.

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 special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), to support development and access to the curriculum

At the interview, share any work or volunteer experience and your placement preferences.

Core Component:

• Paper A written examination

• Paper B written examination

• Employer set project

In order to achieve a grade for Core Components, students must have results for both sub-components (the core written (examinations) and the employer set project).

The combined results for these sub-components will be aggregated to form the overall grade A*-E and U.

Occupational Specialism Component:

• Synoptic Assignments

You are also required to successfully achieve a Distinction/Merit/Pass grade in one of the Occupational Specialism Components.

In addition, you must complete an industry placement, lasting a minimum of 315 hours.

You will need:

Five GCSEs at grades 4 or above including GCSE English and Maths or Level 2 Early Years and Education plus GCSE English and Maths at grade 4 or equivalent Level 2 qualification.

A satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is also required.

Students who achieve this qualification could progress to the following, depending on the chosen Occupational Specialism:

• Employment
• Higher Education
• Degree Apprenticeship