Early Years Care and Education FDA

This Early Years Care and Education Foundation degree (FdA) will enable you to progress in your existing career as an early years practitioner, opening up opportunities across the education sector that help shape children's younger formative years or to go on to further study, such as teacher training. 

What can you do with an early years care and education foundation degree?

Once you graduate, you'll be ready to take on roles in areas such as:

  • teaching assistance
  • learning support assistance
  • nursery management
  • childcare development

You could also progress to a relevant Bachelor's top-up degree, such as BA (Hons) Education Studies (Top-Up).

Following this top-up course, you could go on to do teacher training through PGCE, SCITT or Early Years Initial Teacher Training programmes.

FDA Award
September Start
Full-time Study Mode
2 years Duration

Entry Requirements For This Course

A level 3 qualification, for example a relevant Early Years NVQ. Applicants are to be working in either a voluntary or paid relevant educational setting for a minimum equivalence of one day a week. All shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an interview in support of their application.

English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5.

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