Subject: Children and Young People Miscellaneous

Who is it for?

This qualification is suitable for anyone aged 19+ who’s interested in working in a school or college setting.

What will I learn?

This qualification will introduce you to the key principles of working in education. Content includes:

• school and college organisational structures and functions
• development of children and young people and influences on this
• communication with children, young people and adults
• developing professional relationships with children and adults
• health and safety policies and procedures in a learning environment
• safeguarding children and young people
• equality, diversity and inclusion in a learning environment

This qualification is internally assessed, so there will be no exams. You will instead build a portfolio of evidence with the support of your tutor, which will be externally verified at the end of the course.

What could I do next?

This qualification shares three mandatory units with the NCFE CACHE Level 2 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning, providing a direct progression route onto a qualification that is favourable to employers looking to recruit teaching assistants.