What you will study?

• Complete a minimum of 250 hours working in an authorised early year’s setting and learn about different job roles, responsibilities and career pathways in the early years sector.
• Learn about five different areas of development – physical, cognitive, language, emotional and social – and how they are linked.
• Explore how early years settings use play to promote children’s learning and development at different ages and stages. Learn about the general principles that underpin work in early years settings and ways in which adults in settings work with children and their families.
• Explore different factors that affect children’s behaviour and the role of adults in early years settings in encouraging children to develop positive behaviour. Develop your understanding of how to keep children safe in early years settings by reducing the risk of accidents and infections.

How you will be assessed?

Exam board – NCFE CACHE

The course is 100% coursework based across 14 units.

This one-year course is equivalent to two GSCE’s

Why should you study?

Are you interested in a career working with children? Do you want the opportunity to broaden your knowledge and understanding of the early years sector and develop your skills working in the early years sector? On completion of this course, you may choose to enter employment or progress to a Level 3 course here at Exmouth Community College.

Entry requirements: 5 GCSEs at grade 3, including English and Maths. Other grades may be considered at the discretion of the Sixth Form Team.

For more information please see: Miss Pippa Gale – Faculty Leader of Health and Social Sciences