Course overview
- Fully accredited and nationally recognised NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma for Working in the Early Years Sector (Early Years Educator) qualification.
- Become a fully qualified early years educator/practitioner, also known as a nursery nurse, ready to enter the workplace.
- Study alongside your work or placement in an early years setting.
- Achieve the Functional Skills qualifications in Maths and English you'll need to work in an early year's setting.
- Assessor visit included and organised by us around your schedule.
- Earn 32 UCAS points to support your higher education application if you wish to progress your studies beyond this course.
- FREE access to the NCFE CACHE Alumni membership for two years when you enrol on your course.
- If you add on your Functional Skills exams, we will book and pay for them for you!
The aim of this qualification is to prepare you with the knowledge, skills and understanding to become an early years educator, enabling you to work with children from birth to 5 years and gain knowledge of children aged 5-7 years.
The course covers the health and wellbeing of children and their learning, play, and development to prepare them for school. You will also study the legislation, frameworks, and professional practice involved in working in an early year’s setting. Upon successful completion of this course, you can apply to roles such as early years educator/practitioner to work in early years settings with children aged from birth to five years old.
You will also earn 32 UCAS points once you have successfully completed your course which can be used to support your application to study a related higher education degree.
This NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma for Working in the Early Years Sector (Early Years Educator) plus Functional Skills Maths and English bundle course will allow you to achieve the Functional Skills Maths and English Level 2 qualifications you need to work as an early year’s educator/practitioner or nursery nurse.
Please note that you must complete the Functional Skills exams to achieve your qualification. You can choose to add your exams to your enrolment, and we will save you the hassle of booking them, giving you more time to dedicate to your studies. If you do not add your exams to your enrolment, you will be responsible for booking and paying for your exams by liaising directly with your chosen exam centre.
