Why do this diploma?
- Begin your early years career as a qualified early years practitioner
- Meets the Department for Education’s (DfE) Level 2 full and relevant criteria for a Level 2 Early Years Practitioner in the workforce.
- Confirm your occupational competence
Duration:
- Average Length: 12 months
- Monthly teaching and assignments
Price:
- £999
- Payment Plan AVAILABLE
Format:
- Online Teaching
- Two workplace observations
Diploma in Early Years Practitioner | Level 2
FAST TRACK | FLEXIBLE | SUPPORTED
Your Diploma Includes:
- Live teaching sessions and workshops
- Online learning portal and all resources
- Fast-track assessments and work book marking
- Career workshops to support you in progressing the next stage of your career
- Regular cohort starts
- Complete at your pace
- Delivered by experienced assessors and teachers
Training which fits Your Needs
Who is this diploma for?
This diploma is for individuals who want to work in any early years setting including a nursery, school, pre-school or alternative education provision.
Learners may work under supervision in a variety of roles such as:
- nursery practitioner
- classroom assistant
- pre-school practitioner
It will help to equip you to work with children between birth and five years. You’ll also learn about children up to seven years.
What is covered?
You will be taught and assessed on the core foundations of support, care, and educational programmes to support babies and young children. With approx. 293 guided learning hours, the diploma covers 14 mandatory units, and the learner must achieve a total of 37 credits across these.
Teaching is delivered via monthly zoom sessions, supported with coaching sessions, e-portfolio development, online resources and peer engagement.
All units will be internally assessed using standard methods, such as professional discussions, workplace evidence, observations & assignments.
- Roles and responsibilities of the early years practitioner
- Health and safety of babies and young children in the early years
- Equality, diversity and inclusive practice in early years settings
- Safeguarding, protection and welfare of babies and young children in early years settings
- Understand how to support children’s development
- Support care routines for babies and young children
- Support the planning and delivery of activities, purposeful play opportunities and educational programmes
- Promote play in an early years setting
- Support wellbeing of babies and young children for healthy lifestyles
- Support babies and young children to be physically active
- Support the needs of babies and young children with Special Educational Needs and Disability
- Promote positive behaviour in early years settings
- Partnership working in the early years
- Support the needs of the child in preparing for school
What is provided during the diploma?
We provide you with lots of specialist resources to help you progress through the programme, including:
- Course task activities based on specific workplace requirements of your job
- One-to-one tutorial support provided remotely to you
- Webinars and Workshops (both live and recorded) providing relevant tutorial support
- Workplace observation assessment
- Flexible remote access to coaches/assessors
- Learning portal to view all your activities, access resources and monitor your progression
- Access to resources and support via our social media channels
- Access to free CPD training and workshops for our partners
Includes LIVE TEACHING SESSIONS
What makes us unique is that we offer all our diploma learners the chance to access live teaching sessions as well as online guided learning. This provides a fantastic opportunity to learn with your peers, in real-time and to work with your skills coach. Many other providers only offer the scope for learning independently, so this is a great way to embed your specialist knowledge and skills.
Entry Requirements
There are no official requirements for this diploma. However, it is advised that the learner has a GCSE D English or above. Applicants must be a min age 16 yrs.
Upon completion of this diploma, you can continue to qualify for the Level 3 Early Years Educator.
Future roles with this qualification include:
- Nursery owner/manager
- Teaching assistant/teacher
- Nursery practitioner
- further degrees in health (nursing) or psychology
Frequently Asked Questions
Simply click on the link and contact us and a member of our team will be in touch to confirm next steps, enrolment and payment options. We can also help you to discover which is the best option for you.
No, although a benefit of diplomas over apprenticeships is that you don’t need residential status. It is required that you are working within the sector, either voluntary or otherwise so that you can be assessed.
We are enrolling now for an immediate start. After you have completed the application process which includes a short phone call, payment and set up of your online portfolio, you will be contacted by your new Skills Coach.
We recommend that you contact us as soon as possible so that we can ensure there is space reserved for you. We differ from other providers in that we provide live learning sessions and ongoing support from a dedicated Skills Coach, so we like to make sure that we can support your diary commitments.
You will have a dedicated Skills Coach for the duration of your diploma. These are experienced, qualified tutors/assessors who will provide you with teaching and ongoing support. They are on hand to answer your questions, queries and to help you every step of the way to achieve your qualification.
Occasionally you will be taught by other Skills Coaches who may have more specialist expertise in a specific area.
You will also be invited to attend other CPD opportunities to further enrich your development.
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Email the team with your questions and we will be in touch enquiries@exalt-training.com or complete this form
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Give us a call and chat through your options on 01202 612365