NCFE CACHE Level 3 Applied General Certificate for Early Years, Childcare and Education
Ref:
603/2988/9
Sector:
Health, Public Services and Care, Early Years Educator
Features:
Teaching materials available Performance points UCAS
Registration & certification fee:
£172.50
Level:
Level 3
Minimum entry age:
16
GLH:
370
TQT:
414
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This qualification is now withdrawn and we are no longer able to take learner registrations.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A suitable alternative for this withdrawn qualification is NCFE CACHE Level 3 Award in Childcare and Education (601/3998/5).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)
Qualification factsheet (PDF | 122 KB)
Purpose statement (PDF | 107 KB)
CACHE Technical qualification - performance tables (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)
Chief Examiner Report - AGCEYCE May 2025 (PDF | 190 KB)
External assessment past paper - AGCEYCE- May 2025 (PDF | 790 KB)
Chief examiner report AGAEYCE July 2025 (PDF | 157 KB)
External Assessment Past Paper AGAEYCE June 2025 (PDF | 1788 KB)
External Assessment Past Paper Mark Scheme AGAEYCE June 2025 (PDF | 423 KB)
Chief Examiner Report - AGCEYCE January 2025 (PDF | 120 KB)
External assessment past paper - AGCEYCE- January 2025 (PDF | 705 KB)
Chief Examiner Report - AGCEYCE - April 2024 (1) (PDF | 135 KB)
External Assessment Past Paper - April 2024 (1) (PDF | 751 KB)
Chief Examiner Report - AGCEYCE - January 2024 (PDF | 112 KB)
External Assessment Past Paper - January 2024 (PDF | 751 KB)
External assessment past paper - AGCEYCE - January 2023 (PDF | 750 KB)
Chief examiner report - AGCEYCE - January 2023 (PDF | 65 KB)
External assessment past paper - AGCEYCE - May 2022 (PDF | 100 KB)
Chief examiner report - AGCEYCE - May 2022 (PDF | 64 KB)
External Assessment past paper - AGCEYCE - January 2022 (PDF | 177 KB)
This past paper will help learners prepare for their external assessment.
Chief examiner report - AGC EYCE - January 2022 (PDF | 139 KB)
External assessment past paper - AGCEYCE - January 2021 (PDF | 170 KB)
Chief examiner report - AGC EYCE - January 2021 (PDF | 107 KB)
Short answer examination - sample answer paper (PDF | 256 KB)
Short answer examination - sample mark scheme (PDF | 401 KB)
Controlled extended assessment sample paper (PDF | 201 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)
Key Legislation, Policy and Procedures (Y/616/8997)
Statutory Educational Frameworks (D/616/8998)
Play and Learning (H/616/8999)
External Assessment Short Answer Examination (AGAEYCE)
Controlled Extended Assessment (AGCEYCE)