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Education and childcare 16-19 study programme
Our study programme in the education and childcare sector provides 16–19 learners with a structured and challenging learning experience to support their development and progression, whether that’s on to further study or their dream career.
Use this information to understand the elements that can be chosen to make up an education and childcare 16-19 study programme.
Core
The core study programme qualifications are substantial Level 2 or Level 3 qualification that makes up over 270 Planned Learning Hours (PLH), at least half of a learner’s programme. Our range of Level 2 and Level 3 education and childcare qualifications are designed to develop knowledge and skills that prepare learners for employment or higher education.
The core education and childcare qualifications available include:
- NCFE CACHE Level 2 Certificate in Working with Children in Early Years and Primary Settings (603/5937/7)
- NCFE CACHE Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner (603/3723/0)
- NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Workforce (Early Years Educator) (601/2629/2)
- NCFE CACHE Level 3 Certificate in Childcare and Education (601/3999/7)
- NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Childcare and Education (Early Years Educator) (601/4000/8)
- NCFE CACHE Technical Level 3 Certificate in Childcare and Education (601/8436/X)
- NCFE CACHE Technical Level 3 Diploma in Childcare and Education (Early Years Educator) (601/8437/1)
- NCFE CACHE Level 3 Applied General Certificate for Early Years, Childcare and Education 603/2988/9
- NCFE CACHE Level 3 Applied General Award for Early Years, Childcare and Education 603/2987/7
Enhance
Our free Enhance resources help you develop a bespoke and high-quality employability, enrichment, and pastoral (EEP) programme that complements learning and boosts transferable skills. Each session is two PLH and 100 hours of content comes as standard with core qualifications and can be delivered in non-qualification hours.
Employability
Employability skills
- All about your UCAS application
- Analytical Skills
- Critical Thinking
- Dealing with Conflicts
- Building Professional Relationships
- Demonstrating Commercial Awareness
- Effective Use of Social Media
- Employee Rights and Responsibilities
- How to Write a Covering Letter
- How to Write a CV
- Self-management
- Interview Techniques
- Managing Change
- Negotiating and Influencing
Business skills
- Conducting Market Research
- Enterprise
- How to Write a Business Case
- Setting Up Your Own Website
- Types of Business
- Social Media for Business
Enrichment
Study skills
- Exam Preparation and Revision
- Expert Learner
- Reflective Practice
- Working as a Group
- Communication Skills
- Conducting Research
- Plagiarism and Copyright
- Team Working
- Planning your Study
Digital skills
- Creating a Presentation
- Creating and Editing Movies
- Creating and Editing Images
- Creating and Editing Podcasts
- Managing files and folders
- What is GDPR?
- What is Plagiarism?
- Creating a Professional Online Profile
Pastoral
Social skills
- Anti-Bullying
- British values
- Dealing With Stress
- Equality
- Friendship and Families
- Gender and other forms of discrimination
- Making Healthy Choices
- Managing your money
- Mental Health Awareness
- Prevent
- Identity and Diversity
- Critically evaluating media
- Understanding Sustainability and climate change
Wraparound
Short Level 1, 2 and 3 qualifications add extra value to the core of the study programme and can be cherry-picked depending on the needs of the learner. Our wraparound products cover a range of cross-curricular disciplines such as employability skills, digital skills, study skills and functional skills, to enrich the study experience for learners.
Employability skills
- NCFE Level 1 Award in Employability Skills 601/4680/1
- NCFE Level 1 Certificate in Employability Skills 601/4681/3
- NCFE Level 2 Award in Employability Skills 601/4664/3
- NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Employability Skills 601/4663/1
Business/Enterprise skills
- NCFE Level 1 Award in Developing Enterprise Skills 601/4143/8
- NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Developing Enterprise Skills 601/4146/3
- NCFE Level 1 Award in Investigating Enterprise Skills 601/4145/1
- NCFE Level 2 Award in Investigating Enterprise Skills 601/4144/X
Study Skills
- NCFE Level 1 Award in Preparing to Learn 600/5127/9
- NCFE Level 1 Award in Learning to Learn 501/1134/6
- NCFE Level 2 Award in Learning to Learn 600/2859/2
- NCFE Level 1 Award for Developing Effective Thinking Skills 500/9949/8
- NCFE Level 2 Award for Developing Effective Thinking Skills 500/7906/2
- NCFE Level 2 Award in Reflective Practice 600/4643/0
- NCFE Level 3 Award in Higher Level Studies 601/7789/5
- NCFE Level 3 Extended Award in Higher Level Studies 601/7788/3
Personal/Social skills
- NCFE Level 1 Award in Personal and Social Development 501/0672/7
- NCFE Level 1 Certificate in Personal and Social Development 501/0591/7
- NCFE CACHE Level 1 Award in Mental Health Awareness 501/0253/9
- NCFE CACHE Level 1 Certificate in Well-Being 601/4182/7
- NCFE Level 1 Award in Interpersonal Skills 603/3307/8
- NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Climate Change and Environmental Awareness 603/5683/2
- NCFE Level 2 Award in Equality and Diversity 601/3144/5
- NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Equality and Diversity 601/3145/7
Digital skills
- NCFE Level 1 Essential Digital Skills 603/7118/3
- NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Digital Skills for Work 603/3114/8
Sector tasters
- NCFE Level 1 Award in Exploring Occupational Studies for the Workplace 601/1086/7
- NCFE Level 1 Award in Occupational Studies for the Workplace 601/1087/9
- NCFE Level 1 Certificate in Occupational Studies for the Workplace 601/1088/0
- NCFE Level 2 Award in Occupational Studies for the Workplace 601/1424/1
- NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Occupational Studies for the Workplace 601/1423/X
Functional Skills
Diagnostics
Our unique skills assessment and diagnostic tools provide leading e-Learning solutions for English and maths, employability and digital skills. The platform provides accurate visibility of learner’s progress and digitally captures evidence of their skills, knowledge and occupational competency to help set them up for success.
Get in touch with our sector experts
Whether you want to understand more about the qualifications we’re developing or need more information about our existing study programmes, book a consultation and we will support you through your journey.
Study programme learner profiles
Our learner profiles give helpful examples of how a 16-19 study programme could be timetabled using our core, Enhance and wraparound offering, including a breakdown of planned learning hours.
Navid
Navid’s caring nature has meant that he always wanted to work with young people.
He applied himself well in his GCSEs and obtained good results, including a level 2 qualification in childcare.
Unfortunately, he missed out on a grade 4 in maths.
Year 1
|
Core |
NCFE CACHE Technical Level 3 Diploma in Childcare and Education (Early Years Educator) (601/8437/1) |
469 PLH |
|
Enhance |
Comprehensive suite of NCFE EEP resources including:
|
36 PLH |
|
Wraparound |
NCFE Level 2 Functional Skills Qualification in Mathematics (603/5060/X) |
55 PLH
|
|
Work Experience |
Qualification placement |
350 PLH |
|
Total PLH: 910 |
||
Year 2
|
Core |
NCFE CACHE Technical Level 3 Diploma in Childcare and Education (Early Years Educator) (601/8437/1) |
469 PLH |
|
Enhance |
Comprehensive suite of NCFE EEP resources including:
|
36 PLH |
|
Wraparound |
N/A |
0 PLH |
|
Work Experience |
Qualification placement |
35 PLH |