Early Years Education and Care: Early Years Practitioner Status BA (Hons)

Early Years Education and Care: Early Years Practitioner Status is a full-time three-year degree programme which includes both lectures and practical placement experience.<br/><br/>This Early Years Practitioner Status programme is included in the Social Care Wales’ list of qualifications required for work within the early years and childcare sector in Wales. As part of this programme, students attend a placement at a variety of early years settings to gather the vocational experience necessary for gaining Early Years Practitioner Status. It is also a qualification offering graduate practitioner competencies in England as part of the Early Childhood Studies Degree Network (ECSDN).<br/><br/>The timetable is designed to support students to have plenty of time to complete placement experience and University-based learning. Suitable placements could include:<br/><br/>maintained and non-maintained nurseries<br/>crèche<br/>Cylchoedd Meithrin<br/>Foundation Phase classes in primary schools<br/>Flying Start Centres<br/>Students who successfully complete this programme will have a degree as well as a licence to practice within a range of early years settings.