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University degree

Early Years Education and Care: Early Years Practitioner Status

Coleg Sir Gar
Qualification
Degree
Length
2 yrs
UK fees / yr
£9,535
Study
full-time
Robin · your guide
Here's the honest picture on this course - what you'd study, whether you'd likely get in, what it pays, and where it leads. Everything's real data.
About this course

If you already work or have experience working with children / families or allied areas this flexible learning route is designed for you. Delivered around your work commitments to support you return to study.

Could you get in?
The grades students arrived with
<48 pts10%
48-63 pts10%
80-95 pts25%
96-111 pts30%
112-127 pts15%
144-159 pts10%
176-191 pts10%
How they qualified
46% got in with A-levels. The rest came in a mix of ways:
A-levels46%
no formal qualifications31%
other higher education20%
Other3%
Could I get in? Try your grades
120 UCAS pts
Pay & prospects
85%
In work or further study after
85%
Continue past first year
89%
Student satisfaction
What graduates earn over time
£18,500
3 years on
£22,000
5 years on
What graduates actually go on to do % of leavers
Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation35%
Other Educational ProfessionalsHighly skilled10%
Caring personal services10%
Welfare and housing associate professionalsHighly skilled10%
Managers, directors and senior officialsHighly skilled5%
Secretarial and related occupations5%
Teaching and Childcare Associate ProfessionalsHighly skilled5%
Customer service occupations5%
What students say National Student Survey
89%
of students are satisfied with the course overall
Teaching89%
Assessment & feedback88%
Academic support92%
Well organised89%
Learning resources79%
Student community83%
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Where this degree can lead
Like the look of it?
When you're ready, the full entry requirements and application are on Coleg Sir Gar's own site.
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Careermash · real course data from HESA / Discover Uni, in plain English.

Career data: role, pay and progression profiles built for Careermash's careers engine; AI-impact estimates from Anthropic's observed AI-usage telemetry and OpenAI's AI Jobs Transition Framework. Course data: HESA / Discover Uni, including Graduate Outcomes, LEO and the National Student Survey. Apprenticeships: IfATE-published standards, approved only.

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