Early Learning & Care

This one-year full time Early Learning and Care programme is offered as Stage 1 of the 2-stage Advanced Certificate in Early Learning and Care. It offers students the opportunity to work in a variety of Early Years settings for children from babies to six years of age.

Course entry is subject to interview to describe desire to work in the Early Years Sector. Leaving Cert, including Leaving Cert Applied or an NFQ level 4 major award or equivalent. Applicants whose first language is not English will require a competency to level B2 on the CEFRLO framework. Mature learners welcome. Where an applicant does not have a Leaving Cert or Level 4, they will have the opportunity to demonstrate their readiness for the course in an interview and by writing a short piece outlining their interest in a career in early learning and care.