Children, Schools & Families (Graduate Practitioner), BA (Hons)
University of Central LancashirePreston, United Kingdom
Course overview
Would you like to work with children, young people, and the services that support them? Our BA (Hons) Children, Schools and Families is the course for you.
Key highlights
- Pathway to Graduate Practitioner status linked to an external body
- Focuses on children, young people and the services supporting them
Entry requirements
- BTEC: MMM-DMM — BTEC Extended Diploma
- BTEC: DD-D*D* — BTEC Diploma
- UCAS tariff points: 96-112 — …Extended Diploma: MMM-DMM BTEC Diploma: DD-D*D* Pass Access Course: 96-112 UCAS points International Baccalaureate Diploma: Pass including 96-112 points from Higher Level Subjects T Level: P (C+) - M IELTS: 6.0 with no Com…
- T-level: Pass — …Baccalaureate Diploma: Pass including 96-112 points from Higher Level Subjects T Level: P (C+) - M IELTS: 6.0 with no Component lower than 5.5 GCSEs: 5 at grade C/4 or equivalent.
- GCSE: C/4 — …Subjects T Level: P (C+) - M IELTS: 6.0 with no Component lower than 5.5 GCSEs: 5 at grade C/4 or equivalent.
- Additional condition: dbs_check — …graduate from this course A satisfactory Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland) is required for this course
Careers this course leads to
- Early years practitioner
- Family support worker
- Teaching assistant
- Children's centre worker
- Youth worker
- Education welfare officer
Cost of study
UK/Home: £9,535 per year | International: £17,325 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Central Lancashire, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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