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Nursing with Registration as a Children's Nurse

  • BSc (Hons)
  • 3 Years
  • Full-time
  • September 2026
  • Undergraduate
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King’s College London
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Course summary

We want you to become the best nurse you can be. That means helping you gain more than a registration. Here, you’ll think about your future – what does a career as a children’s nurse look like for you? And how can we help you get there?

As part of our diverse community, you’ll learn what it means to deliver safe and effective care. And this starts in our simulation suite. Mirroring a real-life children’s ward, you’ll receive patient handovers and face different scenarios. It’s also the perfect place to familiarise yourself with the equipment you’ll use on placement.

To help you gain experience, you’ll experience placements in different settings, from specialist wards to settings like schools or hospices. We’ll also give you the chance to do an elective placement and develop specialist knowledge with optional modules in areas like neonatal nursing and global health.

Quick to adapt and confident making decisions. These are just two reasons why employers hire our graduates. As you move into the final year of your degree, the focus will be on helping you move from student to newly registered nurse. You’ll leave us feeling ready to take on diverse challenges, whatever comes next.

Key benefits

  • You will be studying at the #1 university for nursing in the world (2025 QS World University Rankings).

  • Decide whether you take an elective placement in the UK or abroad during year 2

  • Become part of a diverse healthcare community and connect with students studying everything from medicine to midwifery

  • Develop specialist knowledge in areas such as child protection and care of neonates with our choice of optional modules

  • Delivered by a supportive team of researchers and clinicians with a diverse range of experience and expertise in children’s health

  • A training grant of £5,000 from the NHS Learning Support Fund (LSF) is available, as well as financial support for placement travel or accommodation.

Please see our online prospectus for further details on this programme: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

  • Nursing and Midwifery Council

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Main Site

Study options

  • BSc (Hons) • Full-time • 3 Years

Start dates

  • September 2026

Apply by
14 January

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
B730
Institution code:
K60
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus Code:
-
Points of Entry:
Year 1

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How to apply

Apply by
14 January

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
B730
Institution code:
K60
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus Code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

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Entry requirements

UCAS Tariff
Not accepted

A level
ABB

Must include five GCSEs grade 4/C including English Language, Maths and Science. We can accept equivalent qualifications to meet GCSE requirements.

Please note that A-level General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives are not accepted by King's as one of your A levels.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

Please see our online prospectus for further details on our BTEC entry requirements.

Access to HE Diploma
D: 30 credits M: 15 credits P: 0 credits

The Access to Higher Education Diploma must be 60 credits in total.

The Access to Higher Education Diploma must be in a relevant subject - Health & Social Care, Nursing, Nursing & Midwifery, Science, or similar. Numeracy/Literacy modules studied within an Access to HE diploma are not accepted for this programme to meet the GCSE/IGCSE requirements.

Scottish Higher
ABB

Must be combined with two Scottish Advanced Highers. We do not count the Higher and Advanced Higher in the same subject.

Scottish Advanced Higher
AB

Must be combined with three Scottish Highers. We do not count the Higher and Advanced Higher in the same subject. Applicants must offer either 5 subjects including Mathematics , English and Science at Credit Level Standard grades at 1 or 2/Intermediate 2 grade C, or recognised equivalent.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
33 points

33 points overall or an aggregate score of 16 from three Higher Levels.

Notes: The total point score of 33 includes TOK/EE.

GCSE/IGCSE requirements can be met via IB Standard Level/Middle Years grade 4, if not studied/studying at Higher Level.

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
H1, H2, H2, H2, H2, H2

Must include five GCSEs grade 4/C including English Language, Maths and Science. We can accept equivalent qualifications to meet GCSE requirements.

Leaving Certificate - Ordinary Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
Not accepted

Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
D3, M2, M2

Please note that Global Perspectives is not accepted by King’s as one of your Pre-U Principal subjects. Combinations of Pre-U principal subjects and other qualifications (such as A-levels) will be considered. Must include five GCSEs grade C including English Language, Maths and Science. We can accept equivalent qualifications to meet GCSE requirements.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

All applicants must obtain or have obtained a minimum of five GCSEs at grade 4/C or above including Science, English and Mathematics. We can accept equivalent qualifications to meet GCSE requirements.

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma
DDD

DDD in either Health & Social Care or Applied Science.

Please see our online prospectus for further details on our CTEC entry requirements.

T Level
D

Distinction overall and B in the Core component in Health

Required subjects: Five GCSEs grade 4/C including English Language, Maths and Science. We can accept equivalent qualifications to meet GCSE requirements.
Preferred subjects: Science subjects

Additional entry requirements

Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)
Health checks
Occupational Health Checks required
Interview

English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)7.0 overall with a minimum of 6.5 in each skill
PTE Academic69 overall with a minimum of 62 in each skill
TOEFL (iBT)100 overall with a minimum of 25 in writing and 23 in each of the other skills
Cambridge English Advanced185 overall with a minimum of 176 in each skill
Cambridge English Proficiency185 overall with a minimum of 176 in each skill
Trinity ISELevel III (ISEIII) with merit in each skill
Institution's Own TestPass the King's Pre-Sessional English Language Programme with Band 7
We also accept a number of English language tests taken as part of school-level qualifications. For more details, please see our website. Please note that the course requirements are under Band B.

Band Bhttps://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/how-to-apply/english-language-requirements

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

At King’s we don’t just use your grades to assess your application. We recognise that not everyone has the same educational journey and that some students have had to overcome challenges to achieve their grades.

Contextual offers are made to applicants who may have experienced barriers that have impeded their academic progress. Contextual offers may be up to two A-Level grades (or equivalent) lower than the advertised entry requirements found on the course pages.

Learn more on the King's College London, University of London website

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.

Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Per year tuition fees

LocationFeeYear

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

For International fees and information, please see the course details on our online prospectus: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate

The fees stated are for entry in the forthcoming September. If you are applying for deferred entry, to commence the following September, fees may be subject to change.

All International applicants to Undergraduate programmes are required to pay a deposit of £2,000 against their first year’s tuition fee. This deposit is payable when you firmly accept an unconditional offer to study with us, and will be offset against your tuition fees when you join King’s.

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