Early Years

Bath Spa University
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Foundation degree

In London and Swindon

£ 7,500 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Foundation degree

  • Location

    At 2 venues

  • Class hours

    8h

  • Duration

    2 Years

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Aimed at early years practitioners in supervisory or managerial roles, this course equips you with the skills and knowledge to develop your career as a graduate practitioner.

With taught sessions taking place only one day a week, the course allows you to study while you work, with your workplace giving you the opportunity to reflect on practice and collect information to use in portfolios.

You’ll gain a thorough understanding of the regulatory and legislative framework for early years, and the government’s agenda and strategies as they relate to young children and their families. Through work-based learning, you’ll have the opportunity to complete a research project on an area of your choice, connected to your professional interests.

The course offers a progression route to an Honours Degree and to QTS via an appropriate ITT course such as a Primary PGCE, and provides a basis on which to work towards Early Years Teacher Status.

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Location

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London
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Knightstone Campus, Knightstone Rd, Weston-super-Mare BS23 2AL, UK

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Swindon (Wiltshire)
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About this course

This course aims to develop reflective practitioners, with a strong theory knowledge, who make successful contributions to the early years sector. You’ll explore the status of children in society and discuss how practitioners use the voice of the child. You’ll also consider safeguarding principles, including their origins and current safeguarding practice.

Potential career pathways for you on completion of the Foundation degree are:

progression to Honours degree;
teacher education;
social work training;
work in child protection;
work in integrated centres;
community liaison work;
management of early years centres.

Appropriate accredited Level 3 qualification (for example A-levels or vocational qualifications) in Early Years, Childcare or Playwork (or equivalent).

At least two years experience of working (and currently working) in the sector. This will be assessed on an individual basis.

Completion of a Criminal Records Bureau Enhanced Application through Bath Spa University.

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  • My experience was good overall.
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  • Sessions were good and they help you complete the assignments on time, courses are good, environent is friendly and they're placed in a great location.
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Centre rating

Student's Review

4.5
13/05/2019
About the course: The experience was fun and exciting
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Student's Review

5.0
13/05/2019
About the course: My experience was good overall.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Student's Review

4.0
12/05/2019
About the course: Sessions were good and they help you complete the assignments on time, courses are good, environent is friendly and they're placed in a great location.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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2019

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The average rating is higher than 3.7

More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months

This centre has featured on Emagister for 14 years

Subjects

  • Early Years
  • Project
  • Practitioners
  • Early Years Sector
  • Legislative
  • Making Learning Visible
  • Reflective Practitioner
  • Holistic Development

Course programme

Year 1

· The Child and Childhoods

· Making Learning Visible

· The Reflective Practitioner - The Environment

· The Reflective Practitioner - Celebrating Diversity

Year 2

· Holistic Development and Learning

· The Reflective Practitioner - Research in an early years setting

· Working Together

In your second year, you will be able to apply to the third year of the BA (Hons) Education Studies at Bath Spa University. The BA (Hons) degree allows you to apply to progress to our PGCE programme to gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). In the event of insufficient places being available to accommodate all Foundation Degree students who wish to progress, there will be a selection process based on achievement during the Foundation Degree, supplemented by interview as appropriate, and will be subject to satisfactory academic references.

Course assessment

This course is assessed through essays, literature reviews, presentations, seminar reports, practice in the workplace and workplace portfolios.

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