What You Will Study

Are you passionate about working with children and supporting them to develop and thrive? Are you a caring and patient person? The T Level qualification in Education and Early Years (Assisting Teaching) will provide you with extensive knowledge of how children learn and develop, and your role in supporting them.

You will be able to put theory into practice with your two-day a week work placement. On the Assisting Teaching pathway, you will be placed in a primary school for your industry placement.

There are seven elements of study in the first year, and these will include topics such as:

• Child development
• Working in partnership with other professionals
• SEND (special educational needs and disabilities)
• Safeguarding

In the second year of the course, you will focus on your occupational specialism, Assisting Teaching, continuing in your work placement for two days each week. You will need to achieve a minimum of 315 hours in placement across the two years to pass your T Level, with an expectation to far exceed this.

In college, you will focus your studies on supporting the five to 16 age group. Your learning will centre around four performance outcomes and grouped into themes such as:

• Planning and assessment
• Managing behaviour
• Supporting maths and English
• Promoting wellbeing.

To excel on the T Level, you will need to be prepared to share your thoughts and ideas in lessons and engage with group and individual presentations and tasks. You can expect your lecturers to support you to gain independent study skills to support your success on the course.

You will also enjoy guest speakers sharing their knowledge and expertise of childcare topics and local trips to enrich your learning, all while being supported by a dedicated and enthusiastic team of childcare experts.