Level 3 T Level in Education and Early Years | South Bank Colleges
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Is this course for you?

To be accepted onto this course you will need five GCSE's at grades 4-9 (to include English, Maths and Science)

We are blazing a trail for ambitious students through this prestigious new qualification. Designed with great input from employers, the content is up-to-date, relevant, engaging, and can lead straight into a career. This T Level programme will prepare you for working with young children and their families. You will spend 20% of your time on a placement, giving you great insight into the industry and a head-start in your career. We will develop your skills for a variety of workplaces, such as schools and private homes. 

This course is ideal for School Leavers who want to pursue a career working with, or educating, children. The course provides a route into apprenticeships, university or employment.

T Levels are two-year, technical programmes designed with employers to give young people the skills that industry needs. They give students aged 16 to 18 a technical alternative to A Levels and will help them to get a skilled job. T Levels will provide a mixture of:

  • Technical knowledge and practical skills specific to their chosen industry or occupation
  • An industry placement of at least 45 days in their chosen industry or occupation
  • Relevant maths, English and digital skills
  • Common workplace skills
  • An industry placement of at least 45 days in their chosen industry or occupation
  • Relevant maths, English and digital skills
  • Common workplace skills

What experience and skills will you gain?

The core units are:

  • Education context: an overview of childcare and education 0-19; working in the sector, roles and responsibilities plus career opportunities
  • Child development: expected patterns of development from 0-19 including language, social interaction, wellbeing, transitions and significant events
  • Supporting education: different key stages, skills and characteristics that support education, pedagogical approaches, the role of metacognition, using technology and factors affecting development of literacy and mathematics
  • Safeguarding, health and wellbeing: statutory guidance, legal requirements, children at risk and in need, signs of danger or abuse and impacts
  • Behaviour: the stages of development and factors that impact behaviour and therefore the implications for managing behaviour
  • Observation and assessment: purposes and importance of assessment
  • Equality and diversity: legislation, regulation and codes of practice
  • Special educational needs and disability (SEND): principles of inclusion, relevant laws, codes of practice and professionals/organisations
  • English as an Additional Language (EAL): stages of acquiring language and factors affecting it, strategies to support those learning EAL
  • Parents, families and carers: working effectively with these people
  • Working with others: agencies and services that support children, families and carers, developing professional boundaries and relationships
  • Reflective practice: current priorities and debates in education, continuing professional development, development feedback and strategies.
  • The Early Years Education and Childcare Specialist Unit will focus on:
  • Supporting and promoting children’s play, development and early education
  • Developing relationships with children to facilitate their development
  • Planning, providing and reviewing care, play and educational opportunities to enable children to progress
  • Safeguarding and promoting the health, safety and wellbeing of children
  • Working in partnership with colleagues, parents, carers and other professionals to support children’s development
  • Campus
    This course will be delivered at Lambeth College - Clapham
  • What do you need to apply?

    Five GCSEs at grades 4-9 (to include English and Maths GCSEs at 4-9)

    Or

    Relevant level 2 qualification at merit grade or higher English and/or maths at level 2 or higher

  • How will you be assessed?

    Assessment is through two exams, employer set project industry placement and an occupational specialism project.

  • Where can this course take you?

    On completion of this course, you could continue studying through an apprenticeship to grow your skills in the workplace or study a related subject at university, such as early years or teaching