NCFE CACHE Level 3 Applied General Award for Early Years, Childcare and Education
Ref:
603/2987/7
Sector:
Health, Public Services and Care, Early Years Educator
Features:
Teaching materials available Performance points UCAS
Registration & certification fee:
£123.00
Level:
Level 3
Minimum entry age:
16
GLH:
182
TQT:
200
This qualification is now withdrawn and we are no longer able to take learner registrations. The support materials for this qualification will not be updated.
A suitable alternative for this withdrawn qualification is NCFE CACHE Level 3 Award in Childcare and Education (601/3998/5).
Support materials
Qualification specification (PDF | 1235 KB)
Qualification specification (Word) (DOCX | 579 KB)
Purpose statement (PDF | 121 KB)
Qualification factsheet (PDF | 122 KB)
Tutor guidance (PDF | 740 KB)
Support Handbook (PDF | 327 KB)
Assessment materials
NCFE have password protected the latest external assessment past-paper, mark scheme and chief examiner report. You are now able to use these as current and valid mock assessments. To access the documents, you will need a Portal login. If you do not have a Portal login please contact your Portal administrator.
Using UMS to calculate qualification grades (PDF | 126 KB)
UMS scores for CACHE applied general qualifications (PDF | 132 KB)
AGA EYCE - May 2025 – chief examiner report (PDF | 117 KB)
AGA EYCE - March 2025 - mark scheme (PDF | 418 KB)
AGA EYCE - March 2025 - past paper (PDF | 3784 KB)
AGA EYCE - June 2024 - mark scheme (PDF | 431 KB)
AGA EYCE - June 2024 - past paper (PDF | 966 KB)
AGA EYCE - July 2024 – chief examiner report (PDF | 120 KB)
AGA EYCE - March 2023 - mark scheme (PDF | 351 KB)
AGA EYCE - March 2023 - past paper (PDF | 1033 KB)
AGA EYCE - March 2023 – chief examiner report (PDF | 116 KB)
AGA EYCE - March 2022 - question paper (PDF | 269 KB)
Chief examiner report - March 2022 - AGA EYCE (PDF | 87 KB)
AGA EYCE - March 2022 - mark scheme (PDF | 181 KB)
AGA EYCE - March 2020 - question paper (PDF | 429 KB)
Chief examiner report - March 2020 - AGA EYCE (PDF | 323 KB)
AGA EYCE - March 2020 - mark scheme (PDF | 315 KB)
Short answer examination - sample answer paper (PDF | 256 KB)
Short answer examination - sample mark scheme (PDF | 401 KB)
Supplementary Answer Booklet (PDF | 140 KB)
Teaching materials
Unit breakdown
The Role of the Early Years, Childcare and Education Practitioner (L/616/8995)
Human Development From Conception to 19 Years (R/616/8996)
External Assessment Short Answer Examination (AGAEYCE)