Cache T Level in Education & Childcare L3 - Dartford

Applications Open -

Applications Close - 13th August 2027 for application forms - please visit www.northkent.ac.uk if applying after this date for GCSE Open Events and Open Enrolment Dates.

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PLEASE NOTE - Popular courses can fill up quickly so apply early to avoid disappointment

The T Level in Education & Childcare has 2 components:

• Core component
• Occupational specialism components - Early Years Educator or Assisting Teaching

The core component provides a high-level foundation of knowledge and skills that are relevant to the occupational specialisms. The core component is not biased towards any particular occupational specialism component. This is to ensure fairness for all students, and to support learning in their chosen occupational specialism component. Some of the core topics and ideas are then broken down and contextualised in more detail in the occupational specialisms, allowing the student to apply the knowledge and skills in their own specific specialism. Each occupational specialism component covers the knowledge, understanding, skills and behaviours required to achieve the competence in a chosen occupational specialism. The objectives of this qualification are to equip students with the core knowledge and core skills relevant to Education and Childcare, up to date occupational knowledge and skills, the necessary English, mathematics and digital skills, competence that meets employer expectations and opportunities to manage and improve their own performance. Industry placements are intended to provide students with the opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours required for skilled employment in their chosen occupation and which are less easily attainable by completing a qualification alone.

The majority of the course is coursework based then assessed internally by tutors and then assessed by an external Verifier. There are also two exams over the two years that are marked externally and an employer based project.

Exams and Assignments In the Core component there are:

• Paper A written examination
• Paper B written examination
• Employer-set project (ESP)

The combined results from these sub-components will be aggregated to form the overall Core Component grade (A*–E and U).

Occupational specialism component will be assessed by:

• Synoptic assignments

The student is also required to successfully achieve a distinction/merit/pass grade in one of the occupational specialism components.

Progression Students who achieve this qualification could progress to the following, depending on their chosen occupational specialism:

• Employment - early years educator, education technician & primary/secondary teaching and support assistant
• Higher education University