North Notts College Courses Early Years and Education Certificate Introducing Caring for Children and Young People

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Campus: North Notts College - Worksop Campus
Code: W09SP05
Level: 2
Type: Courses (16 - 18), Adult Courses (19+)

Certificate Introducing Caring for Children and Young People

Support from College has been incredible. Tutors are approachable and always ready to offer advice, both academically and professionally.

Ellie T Level: Early Years Educator

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We make every effort to ensure information within our online course directory is accurate and a true representation of the courses we are offering in 2025-26. However, we do reserve the right to make changes if necessary.

Start an exciting career in Early Years and Education

The Early Years and Education sector is ideal for those who are patient, caring and have a passion for helping children to develop and learn to reach their full potential.

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Primary School Teacher

Average salary - £32,000 - £49,000*

Primary school teachers are responsible for the educational, social and emotional development of children between the ages of 3 and 11.

Day to day tasks:

Prepare teaching materials, set up the classroom and organise displays, plan and teach lessons and work with small groups of students, mark work and talk to parents and carers about their children’s progress, manage the work of teaching assistants, follow safeguarding procedures and work with education psychologists and social workers, organise trips, after school clubs and sports events, work and attend meetings and training outside of usual working hours.*

Working environments:

You could work at a school or at a pupil referral unit. Your working environment may be physically and emotionally demanding.*

*Information from nationalcareers.service.gov.uk

Special Educational Needs (SEN) Teacher

Average salary - £32,000 - £49,000*

Special educational needs (SEN) teachers work with children and young people who have special educational needs or disabilities.

Day to day tasks:

Plan and teach lessons, work with small groups and individual students, prepare teaching materials, take registers and write reports, help students develop confidence, independence and encourage them to learn, manage behaviour, mark work and talk to parents and carers about their children’s progress, work with specialist teaching services, medical staff, counsellors and psychologists, organise trips, attend workshops and run training for other teaching staff on special educational needs issues.*

Working environments:

You could work at a school, at a special needs school or at a pupil referral unit. Your working environment may be physically and emotionally demanding.*

*Information from nationalcareers.service.gov.uk

In-demand skills that commonly appear in job descriptions for roles within the Early Years and Education sector include**:

Organisational Skills | Communication | English Language | Mathematics | Planning

**Information from EMSI 2025

What our students say

Support from College has been incredible. Tutors are approachable and always ready to offer advice, both academically and professionally.

Ellie T Level: Early Years Educator

All of the staff have been amazing to me over the years. After failing my GCSE English in school, I was given extra lessons at college, which enabled me to pass the exam. I have also had regular meetings with my career coach, who has been fantastic in helping me explore my options and provided some really useful information and advice.

Jessica Chesters Early Years and Education

“I enjoy everything about my course and the teachers are incredibly supportive. After my course I plan on continuing my studies in Childcare.”

Theo Kitchen Childcare Level 2

Certificate Introducing Caring for Children and Young People

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