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Level 3 Early Years Practitioner Course in Croydon

Cost£2,882.00
Duration12 months
LevelLevel 3
DeliveryWork based
StartFlexible
Awarding bodyCity & Guilds awarding body
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About this course

Level 3 Early Years Practitioner Course. Work-based training at your workplace. You study while working in a childcare setting, applying your learning directly with babies, toddlers, and young children. The course covers child development from conception to age seven, alongside safeguarding, study skills, and professional practice. You'll complete assignments through an online platform and take part in one-to-one tutor sessions and workplace observations. The course typically takes 12 months. All applicants take an initial English and maths assessment before starting.

Who this course is for

This course is suitable for anyone aiming to work with children and young people. It's particularly useful if you are already working or volunteering in the sector in settings such as schools, youth clubs, advice centres or charities and want to develop professionally for jobs with more responsibility, supervisory or managerial duties in the future. It's a natural move for many learners from a level 2 childcare course.

Entry requirements

All applicants will be required to take an English and Mathematics initial assessment, regardless of previous qualifications.

Universities are increasingly asking for GCSEs or L2 Functional Skills as part of their entry criteria and therefore if you wish to gain admission to university, you may need to enrol on GCSE or L2 Functional Skills English and Maths course.

What you will learn

  • You'll study child development from conception to seven years.
  • You'll learn safeguarding policies and procedures for early years settings.
  • You'll develop skills for working with babies, toddlers, and young children.
  • You'll understand theories that underpin early years practice.
  • You'll build effective study skills for academic and professional work.
  • You'll demonstrate competence through observed practice in your workplace.

How you will learn

This is a 64-credit Diploma assessed through coursework and direct observation at your workplace. You'll complete assignments using an online learning platform, attend personalised one-to-one sessions with a tutor, and be observed working with children in your setting. You must be working in a relevant childcare setting to complete the qualification.

What you will need to bring

The centre will provide most materials. Bock Consultancy & Personnel Development will confirm anything else you need before you start.

Where next

Jobs you could do

  • Nursery practitioner: working with children aged 0 to 5 in nursery settings.
  • Room leader: leading a room or age-group within a nursery.
  • Early years educator: counted in statutory staffing ratios at Level 3.
  • Childminder: registered self-employed childcare in a home setting.
  • Pre-school assistant: supporting learning in pre-school or playgroup settings.
  • Teaching assistant: supporting early years pupils in primary school.

What you could study next

  • Level 4 Certificate in Early Years Advanced Practice: deepens specialist knowledge for senior practitioner roles.
  • Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care (Children and Young People): suited to those moving into management or leadership in early years settings.
  • Early Childhood Studies degree: for those considering a move into teaching or specialist early years roles. Note that universities increasingly ask for GCSEs or Level 2 Functional Skills in English and maths as part of their entry criteria.
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