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Early Childhood and Social Care

  • BA (Hons)
  • 3 Years
  • Full-time
  • 09/2025
  • Undergraduate
Hope Park
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Course summary

Please note that Combined Honours degrees at Liverpool Hope University are split 50/50. This means both subjects will be studied equally.

Early Childhood
The early experience of children in today’s society is crucial to their future life experience. Early Childhood is receiving significant attention due to its importance for securing lifelong learning and development. The Early Childhood degree at Liverpool Hope allows you to study early holistic development from a local, national and international perspective. The widening gap nationally and internationally between advantaged and disadvantaged children clearly emphasises the implications of supporting children and their families in their early years.

The degree is taught by academics from a wide variety of backgrounds, including Sociology, Education, Philosophy and Psychology. The teaching team are all actively involved in research and have published in their specialist fields. They are all members of the thriving Liverpool Hope Childhood Research Forum and contribute to a range of research conferences both nationally and internationally.

Social Care
There is a growing need for well-trained, multi-skilled graduates able to respond to the changing demands within the Social Care employment and research sectors. As such the Social Care team recognise the great benefit of collaborating with service users, health and social care employers and stakeholders in this sector.

Curriculum content will develop students’ knowledge and understanding of Social Care through an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approach. Students will be encouraged to develop a critical approach to a range of social care discourses.

The School has strong links with a range of individuals and organisations in the field who have expressed an ongoing commitment to working with us. The Social Care team build on these long-standing working relationships at all levels of the programme to embed a research informed, evidence-based practice approach to teaching and learning.

Modules

Please visit our website for information regarding the curriculum content.

Assessment method

Students are assessed via a number of methods. Please go to the course link provided for further information.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Hope Park

Study options

  • BA (Hons) • Full-time • 3 Years

Start dates

  • 09/2025

Apply by
29 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:
X3L4
Institution code:
L46
Campus name:
Hope Park
Campus Code:
-
Points of Entry:
Year 1

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How to apply

This course is not accepting applications from students requiring a Student visa. For more information, please contact the course provider.

Apply by
29 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:
X3L4
Institution code:
L46
Campus name:
Hope Park
Campus Code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

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Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

UCAS Tariff - 64 points

A level - DDE

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

Access to HE Diploma - M: 15 credits P: 30 credits

Scottish Higher

Qualifications must equate to 64 UCAS points.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

Qualifications must equate to 64 UCAS points.

Extended Project

This qualification can only be accepted in conjunction with other relevant qualifications

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

Qualifications must equate to 64 UCAS points.

T Level - Pass (D or E)

Please contact our Clearing team directly for further information on how you can meet our entry requirements and what other qualifications may be accepted.

t: 0151 291 3636
e: clearing@hope.ac.uk

Additional entry requirements

Other
Offers will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formally the Criminal Records Bureau – CRB).

English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)6For International students, an overall score of 6.0 is required, with 6.0 in both reading and writing and no individual score lower than 5.5.

Historical entry grades data BETA

This section shows the range of grades students (with UK A-Levels or Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diplomas) who received offers were previously accepted 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.

Data from:
This course and 20 other health and social care courses
Date range:
2022-2024

Grades held by accepted students

For Liverpool Hope University, the top and bottom 5% of student grades have been removed from these calculations. This change helps to remove any extraordinary circumstances that could impact the data. Learn more here .
DDD Most common
  1. ABB
  2. Highest grades
  3. DDD
  4. Lowest grades

Offer rate for UK school & college leavers

89% Students aged 17/18 who applied to this course were offered a place.

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Student Outcomes

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75 Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)

75 Go onto work and study

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
EU£9535Year 1
England£9535Year 1
Northern Ireland£9535Year 1
Scotland£9535Year 1
Wales£9535Year 1
Channel Islands£9535Year 1
International£14500Year 1

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

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