PART-TIME COURSES
This charge identified is applicable to learners aged 16-18 who qualify for funding. Learners aged 19+ will have to pay this charge and possibly tuition and exam fees. This will depend on the course and any prior qualifications. For further information, please refer to the fees page of our website https://hlnsc.ac.uk/fees/fees-guidance/
* Fees are chargeable each year and the fees quoted will be for the current year only, if the course is more than 1 year further fees will be due next year.
This qualification is designed to prepare learners with the knowledge, skills and understanding to enter work in an
early years setting and be included in staff: child ratios. This qualification includes both knowledge and skills that meetthe Department for Education Early Years Educator (DfE EYE) criteria in full and map to the knowledge, skills andbehaviours (KSBs) within the Early Years Educator occupational standard in England.
NCFE Level 3 Technical Occupational Entry for the Early Years Workforce
Learners who achieve this qualification could progress to the following:
Employment:
Educator in day nurseries
Educator in nursery schools
Educator in reception classes in primaryschools
Pre-school worker
Further Education:
NCFE CACHE Level 5 Diploma for the Early Years Senior Practitioner
Higher Education:
Personal statements may be accepted by universities
Course Content:
L3WF 1 Introduction to the role of the early years educator (H/651/0792)
L3WF 2 Holistic child development (L/651/0795)
L3WF 3 Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) (T/651/0798)
L3WF 4 Effective communication in an early years setting (K/651/0801)
L3WF 5 Safeguarding and welfare requirements (Y/651/0806)
L3WF 6 Health, wellbeing and safety (L/651/0811)
L3WF 7 Promoting an effective early years curriculum (T/651/0814)
L3WF 8 Assessment of children’s learning and development (A/651/0816)
L3WF 9 Understanding play for holistic development and learning (L/651/0820)
L3WF 10 Partnership working (Y/651/0824)
Assessment Methods
The assessment methods for the skills-based criteria should include:
Direct observation of learner in work placement/employment (it is essential to include observations)
Professional discussions
Reflective account
Expert witness testimonies from lead practitioner and accompanied by professional discussion (where required) totriangulate the evidence (only to be used when observation would not be appropriate)
work products, for example, policies, reports and records that can be used to underpin or move a professionaldiscussion forward
Skills-based outcomes must be achieved in a real work environment and following assessment principles<SPAN>; they are typically achieved throughout the programme of study to allow for increasing confidence andcompetence in practice.
This qualification is designed for learners preparing to become early years educators, enabling them to work with
children from birth to 5 years and gain knowledge of children aged 5 to 7 years. Learners must be at least 19 yearsold.
We do not set any other entry requirements but centres may have their own guidelines. It may also be useful to
learners studying qualifications in the following sector: early years and childcare Registration is at the discretion ofthe centre in accordance with equality legislation and should be made on the Portal. There are no specific prior skillsor knowledge a learner must have for this qualification. However, learners may find it helpful if they have alreadyachieved a NCFE CACHE Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner 603/3723/0, or a previous level 2 qualificationthat is full and relevant or holds transferable skills preparing learners to study at level 3.
