Pearson BTEC Higher National Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care

The new Pearson BTEC Higher National qualifications in Early Childhood Education and Care are designed to reflect this increasing need for high quality professional and technical education pathways at Level 4 and 5, thereby providing students with a clear line of sight to employment and to progression to a degree at Level 6. This is never more evident than in the Childcare and Education Sector, where it is now the norm for students expecting to progress into employment in the sector or to a Level 6 vocational degree to already have meaningful work experience in the sector.

The new Pearson BTEC Higher National qualifications in Early Childhood Education and Care embrace this development and enhance students’ progression opportunities through mandatory work placement requirements that include assessment on placement to further embed meaningfulness.

Entry Criteria

• GCE Advanced Level examination with credit passes for English Language and Mathematics in the GCE Ordinary Level examination
• GCE Ordinary Level examination with substantial experience in teaching
• International Foundation Programme offered at Gateway Graduate School OR other related Level 3 qualifications
• English Language proficiency