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We have a wide range of courses in the Early Years and Education curriculum area...

from Level 1 through to Level 6 which allow learners to begin their journey or enhance the skills and knowledge they already have. Our courses can offer great progression routes in Further Education, Higher Education as well as the workplace.

We also have a wide range of programmes for those wishing to begin a career as a Teacher or trainer in the post-compulsory sector either in an educational environment or the workplace which learners may progress on to.

The areas teaching facilities include an early years resource room as well as a baby room for practical activities. We have a dedicated team of tutors, all of whom have a great deal of experience in their chosen vocation, which has enabled our students to flourish in a range of roles.

Find your course
Vocational & T Level
Education & Early Years T Level
Early Years Practitioner Diploma Level 2
Caring for Children Diploma Level 1
University Centre
BA (Hons) Leading Children’s Development & Learning (Top-up)
Foundation Degree (FD) Children’s Development & Learning
Teacher Training: PGCE/CertEd
Apprenticeship
Early Years Educator Apprenticeship Level 3
Early Years Practitioner Apprenticeship Level 2
Courses for Adults
NCFE CACHE Level 1 Award in Preparing to Work in Schools
NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Supporting Teaching & Learning
NCFE Level 4 Award in Internal Quality Assurance
NCFE Level 3 Diploma in Specialist Support for Teaching & Learning
NCFE Level 3 Award in Education and Teaching
BA (Hons) Leading Children’s Development & Learning (Top-up)
Foundation Degree (FD) Children’s Development & Learning
Vocational & T Level
University Centre
Apprenticeship
Courses for Adults
Education & Early Years T Level
Early Years Practitioner Diploma Level 2
Caring for Children Diploma Level 1
BA (Hons) Leading Children’s Development & Learning (Top-up)
Foundation Degree (FD) Children’s Development & Learning
Teacher Training: PGCE/CertEd
Early Years Educator Apprenticeship Level 3
Early Years Practitioner Apprenticeship Level 2
NCFE CACHE Level 1 Award in Preparing to Work in Schools
NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Supporting Teaching & Learning
NCFE Level 4 Award in Internal Quality Assurance
NCFE Level 3 Diploma in Specialist Support for Teaching & Learning
NCFE Level 3 Award in Education and Teaching
BA (Hons) Leading Children’s Development & Learning (Top-up)
Foundation Degree (FD) Children’s Development & Learning
What our students say
Jemima Macdonald

It’s amazing to graduate from York College with a degree because I’ve been here for seven years. I was quite worried about where I would go to university, because I didn’t want to move away from York. 

Then, when I realised I could continue my Higher Education at College, I thought, ‘Of course, I’m going to stay’. I already knew everybody here and the environment and it was the only choice I wanted to make.

I love SEND kids and adults – they’re the best and I’ve always known they’re exactly who I wanted to work with. It’s what my family have always done and I thought a Health & Social Care course at College would be a good starting point for me to figure out if it was what I wanted to do. 

It was the best decision I ever made. I absolutely loved it and went on to do my Level 3 in Childcare and Education before doing the Foundation Degree and then the degree course.

Jemima, BA (Hons) Leading Children's Development & Learning