Early Years (with Early Years Educator) Foundation Degree FdA

**Reasons to choose Kingston**<br/>- This is the perfect opportunity to achieve Early Years Educator Status.<br/><br/><br/>- This course is recognised as a “full and relevant” qualification by the Department for Education, valued by employers.<br/><br/><br/>- You can earn while you learn. This course combines workplace learning (a minimum of 16 hours per week) with part-time study at a local partner college (1 day a week). Once you complete the course, you’ll have 240 academic credits.<br/><br/><br/>- Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the frameworks two new student experience and student outcomes categories. <br/><br/><br/>**Those who have Early Years Educator Status from their Level 3 qualification will need to apply for the Early Years Foundation degree course instead (UCAS course code X110).**<br/><br/>**About this course**<br/>If you’ve completed relevant Level 3 qualifications, such as A-levels, Access, T-levels, or BTECs, and would like to specialise in Early Years, this course is ideal for you. <br/><br/>This course covers a wide range of critical and contemporary issues in the field of Early Years education from birth to five, up to eight years of age. It explores the voice of the child, international perspectives, child protection, pedagogical approaches, communication theories and multi-professional practice. You’ll be supported by your critical professional associate and tutor to reflect on your pedagogy with elements of assessed practice.<br/><br/>**Partner locations:**<br/>Brooklands College (Weybridge campus) (L); Morley College (formerly known as Kensington and Chelsea College) Chelsea Campus (T) or North Kensington Campus (N); Kingston College (K); LETTA Trust (8); Reach Academy Feltham (9); Richmond upon Thames College (R); South Thames College (S); West Thames College (W); Whitefield Academy Trust (X)<br/><br/>**Future Skills**<br/>Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability.<br/><br/>As you progress through your degree, youll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge.<br/><br/>At Kingston University, were not just keeping up with change, were creating it.<br/><br/>**Career opportunities**<br/>You can top-up this qualification to a full BA (Hons) degree, through one year’s study at Kingston. There are also postgraduate and continuing professional development opportunities to further enhance your career.