Early Childhood Studies (Graduate Practitioner)

Qualifications - accelerated course

• 80 UCAS tariff points.
• 5 GCSEs at grade C, or grade 4, or above, including English.
• If English is not your first language you will be expected to demonstrate a certificated level of proficiency of at least IELTS 6.5 ( Academic level) or equivalent English Language qualification, as recognised by Anglia Ruskin University.
• An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure will also be required.

Qualifications - three year distance learning course

• 80 UCAS Tariff points from a minimum of 2 A Levels (or equivalent).
• 5 GCSEs at grade C, or grade 4, or above, including English.
• If English is not your first language you will be expected to demonstrate a certificated level of proficiency of at least IELTS 6.5 ( Academic level) or equivalent English Language qualification, as recognised by Anglia Ruskin University.
• Evidence of work with young children is required.
• You will need to provide evidence that a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance has been undertaken.
• If you have lived outside of the UK for 6 months or more within the last 5 years then you will need to provide a police check from the country/countries previously resided in.
• If you are completing placements overseas you will be required to obtain a police check/certificate of good conduct from the relevant country.
• If English is not your first language, you will be expected to demonstrate a certificated level of proficiency of at least IELTS 6.0 or equivalent.

Qualifications - top up distance learning course

• Foundation Degree in Early Years/ Early Childhood graduates, either from ARU Chelmsford, Cambridge, Distance Learning or from ARU regional partners, who have completed 240 credits at level 4 and 5, are eligible.
• Applicants/ graduates from similar Foundation Degree programmes (Early Years, Early Childhood, Educational Studies, etc), HND courses, BTEC HND in Advanced Practice in Early Years Education, and Level 4 and Level 5 Diploma in Early Years/ Education courses (for example, from Training Qualifications UK TQUK), from outside ARU, who have completed 240 credits at level 4 and 5 are also eligible.

Notes

Please note that in order to progress onto a Postgraduate Initial Teacher Training programme after this course, you will be required to have GCSEs in English, Maths and Science at grade A*-C.

Important additional notes

Our published entry requirements are a guide only and our decision will be based on your overall suitability for the course as well as whether you meet the minimum entry requirements.

Other equivalent qualifications may be accepted for entry to this course; please email [email protected] for further information. Applicants to undergraduate courses can also check our information about undergraduate entry qualifications.

You'll need a computer and reliable internet access to successfully engage with your course.

We don't accept AS level qualifications on their own for entry to our undergraduate degree courses. However for some degree courses a small number of tariff points from AS levels are accepted as long as they're combined with tariff points from A levels or other equivalent level 3 qualifications in other subjects.

You can find out more about the admissions process at ARU, including what happens after you apply and the different types of offer we may make.

We may automatically offer you a place at ARU if you meet any of these criteria:

• are a care leaver or care experienced
• have a declared disability
• are from certain postcodes
• provide unpaid care for another person
• are currently, or were, in receipt of free school meals during secondary education
• are a Service Child, where a parent or carer currently serves in the UK Armed Forces
• participated in an approved activity in preparation for entry to higher education
• attended a secondary school that had a Progress 8 score of average, below average or well below average

Find out more about contextual offers.

Applicants must provide evidence that a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance has been undertaken.

Applicants who have lived outside of the UK for 6 months or more within the last 5 years will need to provide a police check from the country/countries previously resided in.

Applicants completing placements overseas will be required to obtain a police check/certificate of good conduct from their relevant country.