T Level in Education & Early Years
Course Code: P271827
Key Information
Course type:
T Levels
Campus:
Highbury Campus
Start Date:
07 Sept 2026
Duration:
2 years
Attendance:
Full-time
Fees:
Free
Discover the T Level in Education & Early Years at City of Portsmouth College, a pathway to careers in childcare with 750 hours of hands-on experience and expert support.
This course is ideal if you want to begin a career in education and childcare, as T Levels provide a high-quality, work-focused alternative to A Levels, offering new routes to employment or further learning. As part of your course you'll complete a mix of classroom learning and experience-building on placement, and you'll be assessed on both of these elements (see the learning and assessment section).
Units include:
- supporting education
- safeguarding, health, safety and wellbeing
- behaviour
- parents, families and carers
- child development
- equality and diversity
- special needs.
A minimum of five GCSEs at grade 4 or above, including maths and English.
To give you the best possible chance of successfully completing your qualification, 100% attendance is expected for the duration of the course. Industry placements, tutorials and employability sessions all form part of the overall qualification and non-attendance to any of these sessions may result in the overall qualification not being achieved. Continued non-attendance to any timetabled sessions may result in losing your place on the course.
This course combines both theory and practical sessions and you will be assessed in a variety of ways including:
- a two-hour exam at the end of year 1
- an Employer Set Project which will assess your knowledge, skills and behaviours in a work based scenario;
- throughout year 2, your vocational competencies will be assessed via observations and professional discussions in your placement
- occupational specialism assessments at the end of year 2 via written and practical exams.
You could progress to a degree, a higher apprenticeship, or into employment.
We work hard to keep our course information up to date. Occasionally we may make small changes to course content, start dates, locations or fees to keep our courses current and relevant. If anything important changes after you apply, we’ll always let you know.
Level 3 T Level in Education & Early Years
We work hard to keep our course information up to date. Occasionally we may make small changes to course content, start dates, locations or fees to keep our courses current and relevant. If anything important changes after you apply, we’ll always let you know.
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