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EARLY YEARS

Early Years Services – Foundation Degree Level 5

Start Date : September 2026
Location : Wellington Campus

COURSE FEATURES

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Part-time course designed for those already working in early years settings

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Gain a recognised qualification while continuing their employment.

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Ideal for roles in nurseries, primary schools, special education, or community-based early years services.

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Structured to help you progress to a full honours degree or into leadership roles

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An excellent grounding in supporting children in early years, education (primary, secondary or special education) and the wider community. You’ll gain a thorough understanding of child development, reflective practice and safeguarding alongside language and literacy and supporting individual needs. Suitable for any professional currently working as part of the early years/education workforce or a related support service, who does not hold a degree-level qualification.

An example of the course units are;

Child development
The reflective practitioner
Safeguarding and multi-agency perspectives
The role of lay in early childhood
Recognition of prior learning
Health and wellbeing in the early years
Understanding children’s worlds
Communication, language and literacy in early childhood
Becoming a researcher
Developing critical thinking through practice
Young lives, parents and families
You can progress to study a BA(Hons) top-degree at university, which usually takes 18 months on a part time basis. There are a range of courses available including BA(Hons) Special Educational Needs, Disability, Inclusion and Childhood and Family Studies at University of Wolverhampton. Following this, you can also complete your teaching training qualification.
Careers: Safeguarding officer, behavioural support worker, family support working, inclusion mentor, nursery manager
Must be employed or have 1-2 years experience in a related field and hold a relevant Level 3 qualification.
You should also have GCSE English at grade C/4 or above or an equivalent qualification.
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Course fees: £10,275. For more info, visit our fees & eligibility page.

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