BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies (Graduate Practitioner) at Anglia Ruskin University

Entry requirements

class="utopian-course-section target utopian-course-section__entry-requirements no-js no-js_hide"> 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. You are required to be working in a school or other education setting and written confirmation from your current employer is needed. This can be paid or unpaid work of 0.8 FTE with access to a teaching setting in term time of 0.5 FTE. 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.