Change young children’s lives for the better. Study childhood from multiple perspectives. Gain the tools to work and make an impact on children and their families' lives.
BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies (Top-up) (Graduate Practitioner Competencies) is designed to provide a comprehensive course that helps students to critically analyse various aspects of children’s life, such as sociological factors, legislative changes and educational influences on children’s development, focusing on the age between 0-8 years old.
The programme is recognised by the Department for Education as full and relevant for early years practice. Within this course, students will have opportunities to be able to evaluate their everyday practice and implement changes confidently. To be able to do this, this course incorporates professional practice hours (200 hours), which can be gained in a broad range of placement provisions, tailored to the career route of interest to the student. which is one of the distinctive features of this programme. Within these professional practice hours, students will be given opportunities to apply theories into practice at their professional practice and expand their theoretical and practice knowledge. In addition, students will gain Graduate Practitioner Competencies.
This programme also invites students to conduct Action Research. This exercise will help students to implement change in practice, be academically inquisitive, independent and confident in their chosen area. Additionally, there will be opportunities to explore students’ future career within the field of early years in the ‘Leadership and Management in Early Childhood Profession’ module by investigating different possible career pathways with this degree and developing various leadership, management and change-agent skills to help students achieve their future career goals. Special Educational Needs and Disability is a module of study that provides students with the opportunity to understand the challenges with the underpinning legislation and policy frameworks.
Graduates can move into careers in: Teaching Assistant, Early Education Management, Early Years Educator/Practitioner (The course is Department for Education recognised as a full and relevant qualification for early years practice), Pastoral Support, Family Support Worker, SEND Support Practitioner, Inclusion Outreach Practitioner, Education Welfare Officer, Safeguarding Practitioner, and Ofsted Inspector.
Mandatory modules are:
Children’s Rights, Parents' Rights and Safeguarding
Children’s Learning, Voice and Pedagogy
Special Educational Needs and Disability
Leadership and Management in Early Childhood Profession
Action Research Project
Students will be required to complete the 200 placement hours within the placement setting. All modules are mandatory to gain the qualification.
TEC Partnership (University Centre Grimsby, East Riding College, Scarborough & Skegness Colleges) has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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Course optionsApplicants wishing to gain direct entry onto the top-up at level 6 must have at least 240 CATS (Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme) points gained through study at levels 4 and 5 in a field of early childhood. The average grade at level 5 must be 50% or above. Students must also have an up-to-date DBS and a letter/email confirming their placement, which will be recorded prior to enrolment.
To study on BA Early Childhood Studies (Graduate Practitioner Competencies), students must have L2 English and Maths qualifications at grade 4 or above, or hold a formally recognised equivalent.
At the beginning of the programme, students will be advised that if they wish to become an Early Years Educator, or QTS primary school teacher, they are required to have GCSE English, Maths and Science grades C or 4. For students wishing to become an Early Years Teacher, they need to have GCSE English and Maths grades C or 4.
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.
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| Location | Fee | Year |
|---|---|---|
| England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands & Republic of Ireland | £8500 |
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.
Accommodation costs are £85-105 per week.
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At TEC Partnership (University Centre Grimsby, East Riding College, Scarborough & Skegness Colleges)
