Early Years Education Degree Courses in the UK - Bachelor & Master

Program University Student satis­faction Unem­ployed Drop­out Tuition (UK) Tuition (Inter­national) UCAS Tariff City
Addysg a Gofal Blynyddoedd Cynnar DipHE University of Wales 76% 8% 46% £9000 £13500 105 Cardiff On campus Full-time
Early Years Education and Care: Early Years Practitioner Status BA (Hons) University of Wales 96% 0% 8% £9000 £13500 137 Cardiff On campus Full-time
Primary Education (Early Years 3-7) with QTS BA (Hons) Leeds Trinity University 69% 15% 3% £9250 £12000 141 Leeds On campus Full-time
Early Childhood and Sport & Exercise Science BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 84% 0% 20% £9250 £12500 122 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Primary and Early Years Education (3-11) with QTS BA (Hons) University of Cumbria 71% 3% 6% £9250 £13250 130 Carlisle On campus Full-time
Early Childhood and Education BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University - - - £9250 £12500 - Liverpool On campus Full-time
Addysg a Gofal Blynyddoedd Cynnar CertHE University of Wales 76% 8% 46% £9000 £13500 105 Cardiff On campus Full-time
Working With Children and Families BA (Hons) University of South Wales 27% 5% 10% £9000 £12600 97 Pontypridd On campus Full-time
Early Childhood and Special Educational Needs (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 73% 0% 7% £9250 £12500 116 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Early Years Education and Practice (with Early Years Practitioner status) BA (Hons) University of South Wales - 0% 20% £9000 £12600 134 Pontypridd On campus Full-time
Early Childhood and Human Biology BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 84% 3% 9% £9250 £12500 119 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Early Childhood and English Literature BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 84% 3% 9% £9250 £12500 119 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Childhood Studies with Primary Education BA (Hons) Buckinghamshire New University - 0% 15% £9250 £15000 100 High Wycombe On campus Full-time
Early Years Education and Care: Early Years Practitioner Status BA (Hons) University of Wales 96% 0% 8% £9000 £13500 137 Cardiff On campus Full-time
Early Years Education (Top Up) BA (Hons) Bath Spa University 75% 3% 8% £8900 £12500 130 Bath On campus Full-time
Addysg a Gofal Blynyddoedd Cynnar BA (Hons) University of Wales 90% 0% 7% £9000 £13500 136 Cardiff On campus Full-time
Early Childhood and Special Educational Needs BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 73% 0% 10% £9250 £12500 120 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Primary Education (Early Years) (with QTS) BEd (Hons) Plymouth Marjon University 87% 0% 8% £9250 £14500 148 Plymouth On campus Full-time
Early Childhood and History BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 95% 10% 10% £9250 £12500 113 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Early Years Education and Care (with Graduate Practitioner Competencies) BA (Hons) York St John University 83% 5% 10% £9250 £14000 116 York On campus Full-time
Early Childhood and Marketing (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 90% 5% 15% £9250 £12500 113 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Primary and Early Years Education (with Qualified Teacher Status) BA (Hons) University of Sussex 80% 5% 10% £9250 £21500 147 Brighton On campus Full-time
Early Childhood and Social Care (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 72% 0% 5% £9250 £12500 130 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Early Childhood and Education (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University - - - £9250 £12500 - Liverpool On campus Full-time
Early Years Education and Care BA (Hons) University of Wales 84% 0% 5% £9000 £13500 136 Cardiff On campus Full-time
Early Childhood and Psychology BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 66% 5% 25% £9250 £12500 120 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Early Childhood Education and Care BA (Hons) Norland College 78% 2% 7% £16527 £18743 144 Bath On campus Full-time
Early Childhood and History (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 76% 0% 0% £9250 £12500 107 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Early Years Education and Care (with Graduate Practitioner Competencies) with Foundation Year BA (Hons) York St John University 83% 5% 10% £9250 £14000 117 York On campus Full-time
Early Childhood Studies with Early Years Practitioner Status BA (Hons) Aberystwyth University 97% 5% 9% £9000 £16520 139 Aberystwyth On campus Full-time
Early Childhood and Sport & Exercise Science (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 84% 0% 20% £9250 £12500 122 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Addysg a Gofal Blynyddoedd Cynnar: Statws Ymarferydd Blynyddoedd Cynnar BA (Hons) University of Wales 90% 0% 0% £9000 £13500 111 Cardiff On campus Full-time
Early Years Education and Professional Practice with Early Years Practitioner Status (EYPS) BA (Hons) Cardiff Metropolitan University 36% 0% 10% £9000 £15000 £16000 141 Cardiff On campus Full-time
Childhood Studies with Primary Education with Foundation Year BA (Hons) Buckinghamshire New University - 0% 10% £9250 £15000 83 High Wycombe On campus Full-time
Early Childhood and English Literature (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 85% 3% 15% £9250 £12500 119 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Early Education Primary (3-7) with QTS BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 66% 3% 0% £9250 £12500 155 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Addysg a Gofal Blynyddoedd Cynnar: Statws Ymarferydd Blynyddoedd Cynnar BA (Hons) University of Wales 90% 0% 0% £9000 £13500 111 Cardiff On campus Full-time
Primary and Early Years Education with QTS BA (Hons) University of Huddersfield 96% 0% 5% £9250 £16500 171 Huddersfield On campus Full-time
Early Childhood and Psychology (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 66% 5% 8% £9250 £12500 120 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Early Childhood and Geography (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 76% 0% 0% £9250 £12500 106 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Early Childhood and Health & Wellbeing (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 86% 0% 10% £9250 £12500 112 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Early Years Education and Care BA (Hons) University of Wales 84% 0% 5% £9000 £13500 136 Cardiff On campus Full-time
Early Childhood and Health & Wellbeing BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 86% 0% 10% £9250 £12500 112 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Early Childhood and Human Biology (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 84% 3% 9% £9250 £12500 119 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Addysg a Gofal Blynyddoedd Cynnar BA (Hons) University of Wales 90% 0% 7% £9000 £13500 136 Cardiff On campus Full-time
Education: Primary and Early Years BA (Hons) Bath Spa University 75% 5% 7% £9250 £15750 123 Bath On campus Full-time
Early Years and Primary Education (3-7) with QTS BA (Hons) Sheffield Hallam University 71% 2% 6% £9250 £15860 £16655 148 Sheffield On campus Full-time
Addysg Gynnar ac Ymarfer Proffesiynol gydag SYBC (Dwyieithog) BA (Hons) Cardiff Metropolitan University 70% 5% 10% £9000 £15000 £16000 114 Cardiff On campus Full-time
Education: Primary and Early Years (Professional Placement Year) BA (Hons) Bath Spa University 75% 3% 8% £9250 £15750 130 Bath On campus Full-time Sandwich
Early Years Childhood Studies BA (Hons) University of Bolton 95% 0% 20% £9250 £40650 £47850 132 Bolton On campus Full-time
Early Years Education FdA St Mary's University, Twickenham 94% 0% 10% £6900 £16320 75 Twickenham On campus Full-time
Early Childhood and Social Care BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 72% 0% 5% £9250 £12500 130 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Primary Education Early Years (3-7) QTS with Foundation Year in Education and Childhood BA (Hons) Leeds Trinity University 76% 10% 15% £9250 - 72 Leeds On campus Full-time
Working and Teaching in The Early Years BA (Hons) Edge Hill University 78% 0% 0% £9250 - 137 Ormskirk On campus Full-time
Children, Schools and Families (Graduate Practitioner) BA (Hons) University of Central Lancashire 68% 15% 30% £9250 - 115 Preston On campus Full-time
Early Years - Primary Education (3-7) with QTS BA (Hons) University of Chester 68% 3% 0% £9250 - 155 Chester On campus Full-time
Early Years, Education and Practice (Work Based) FdA Farnborough College of Technology 100% 0% 10% £6000 £8000 - Farnborough On campus Full-time
Early Years & Primary Practice FdA University of Suffolk - 0% 5% £8220 £8220 £13992 £14610 96 Ipswich On campus Full-time
Early Years Care and Education BA (Hons) South Essex College of Further and Higher Education 88% 0% 20% £8000 £17930 - Southend-on-Sea On campus Full-time
Early Years FdA Calderdale College 100% 0% 10% £7950 £7950 - Halifax On campus Full-time
Primary Early Years Education with QTS BA (Hons) Edge Hill University - 4% 4% £9250 - 148 Ormskirk On campus Full-time
Professional Education (Primary) with Specialism in Early Years BA (Hons) University of Stirling 67% 0% 5% £9250 - 220 Stirling On campus Full-time
Early Years Pedagogy (0-8 Years) FD NESCOT North East Surrey College of Technology 77% 0% 5% £6300 £6800 - Epsom On campus Full-time
Children, Schools and Families (Graduate Practitioner) (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) University of Central Lancashire 68% 15% 30% £9250 - 115 Preston On campus Full-time
Early Years FdA University of Chichester - 0% 0% £9250 £15840 £16344 - Chichester On campus Full-time
Early Years Education BA (Hons) University of Bedfordshire 60% 5% 4% - - 90 Luton On campus Full-time
Education and Early Years BA (Hons) Oldham College - 0% 5% £7500 - - Oldham On campus Full-time
Early years (New College Swindon) FdA Oxford Brookes University - 0% 0% £7570 £9900 - Oxford On campus Full-time
Early Years FdA City of Bristol College 100% 0% 20% £6165 - - Bristol On campus Full-time
Early Years Care and Education FdA University of Portsmouth 92% 0% 5% £9250 - - Portsmouth On campus Full-time
Childhood and Early Years Studies BA (Hons) Northumbria University 94% 0% 10% - - 159 Newcastle On campus Full-time
Early Years (Abingdon and Witney College) FdA Oxford Brookes University - 0% 0% £7570 £9900 - Oxford On campus Full-time
Early Years (Solihull College and University Centre) FdA Oxford Brookes University - 0% 0% £7570 £9900 - Oxford On campus Full-time
Early Childhood Studies with Early Years Practitioner Status with a Year Abroad BA (Hons) Swansea University - 5% 5% - - 142 Swansea On campus Full-time
Early Years Practice: The Whole Child BA (Hons) Bradford College 92% 20% 5% £8750 - - Bradford On campus Full-time
Early Years and Childhood Studies (Foundation) BA (Hons) Manchester Metropolitan University 78% 6% 7% - - 136 Manchester On campus Full-time
Primary Education with QTS (3-7 years) BA (Hons) University of Worcester 75% 3% 4% - - 146 Worcester On campus Full-time
Early Years and Childhood Studies BA (Hons) Manchester Metropolitan University 78% 6% 7% - - 141 Manchester On campus Full-time
Early Years and Primary Studies BA (Hons) Colchester Institute - 0% 0% £8250 £8750 £8250 £8750 - Colchester On campus Full-time
Early Childhood Studies with Early Years Practitioner Status with a Foundation Year BA (Hons) Swansea University - 5% 5% - - 142 Swansea On campus Full-time
Early Childhood Studies With Early Years Practitioner Status BA (Hons) Swansea University 95% 5% 10% - - 113 Swansea On campus Full-time
Early Years Care and Education FD East Sussex College - - 0% £7995 £9000 £9200 - Eastbourne On campus Full-time
Working with Children and Families BA (Hons) Sunderland College - - 35% £6165 - - Sunderland On campus Full-time
Supporting Early Years Practice FdEd Barnsley College - 10% 0% - - - Barnsley On campus Full-time
Early Years Education and Care DipHE University of Wales - - 30% £9000 £13500 - Cardiff On campus Full-time
Early Years Education FD Bromley College of Further and Higher Education 72% 5% 35% - - - Bromley On campus Full-time
Early Years Education and Care: Early Years Practitioner Status DipHE University of Wales - - 25% £9000 £13500 - Cardiff On campus Full-time
Addysg a Gofal Blynyddoedd Cynnar: Statws Ymarferydd Blynyddoedd Cynnar CertHE University of Wales - - 30% £9000 £13500 - Cardiff On campus Full-time
Early Years Education and Care CertHE University of Wales - - 30% £9000 £13500 - Cardiff On campus Full-time
Addysg a Gofal Blynyddoedd Cynnar: Statws Ymarferydd Blynyddoedd Cynnar DipHE University of Wales - - 30% £9000 £13500 - Cardiff On campus Full-time
Early Years Care and Education (Top Up) BA (Hons) East Sussex College - - - £7995 £9000 £9200 - Eastbourne On campus Full-time
Primary Teaching with Early Years with QTS BA (Hons) University of Chichester - - - £9250 £15840 £16344 - Chichester On campus Full-time
Early Years Childhood Studies (top-up) BA (Hons) University of Bolton - - - £9250 £13550 £15950 - Bolton On campus Full-time
Early Childhood and Music Production (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 91% 3% 9% £9250 £12500 117 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Early Childhood and Marketing BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 47% 5% 5% £9250 £12500 111 Liverpool On campus Full-time
PGCE Primary Education with Early Years (3-7) PGCE University of Reading - - - £9250 £21350 - Reading On campus Full-time
Early Childhood and Religious Studies BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 87% 5% 10% £9250 £12500 122 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Early Years and Childhood Studies FdA University of Suffolk 100% - 5% £8220 £8220 £13992 £14610 146 Ipswich On campus Full-time
Early Childhood and Philosophy & Ethics BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 83% 5% 10% £9250 £12500 116 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Early Childhood and Religious Studies (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Liverpool Hope University 87% 5% 10% £9250 £12500 122 Liverpool On campus Full-time
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Student Reviews

Overall student satisfaction
77 /100
18419 total respondents

Primarily based on data from undergraduate degree students.

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Source: National Student Survey NSS 2024. The Overall student satisfaction data point is from 2022 (latest available year). The Office for Students made the unfortunate decision to discontinue collecting overall student satisfaction data points per course.
The NSS is commissioned by the Office for Students

Salary

Primarily based on salary data of undergraduate students

Salary of all UK Graduates of Early Years Education

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £22820 £18460 £20799
25-75 percentile range £17528 - £26934 £13130 - £23882 £14555 - £27277
Source: Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) by UK Department for Education Aug 27, 2024
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Salary of all UK Graduates of all subjects

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £21947 £17855 £20362
25-75 percentile range £18065 - £25704 £13356 - £22534 £15222 - £26193
Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Aug 27, 2024

Jobs & Career Perspectives

Career perspectives for Early Years Education

15 months after graduation, graduates of this subject were asked about their current circumstances of employment, what they do, and whether their activities and perspectives are directly related to their studies.

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Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Aug 27, 2024

Current jobs

Among graduates of Early Years Education who indicated that they are working, the percentage below represents the number who “agree” or “strongly agree” with the statements about their job.

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Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Aug 27, 2024

Typical employers for graduates of Early Years Education

  • Nursery and Pre- Schools
  • State and Independent Schools
  • Local Authorities
  • Local and National Charities
  • Health Authorities

Specialisations within Early Years Education

  • Early Childhood Methods
  • Language Development in Young Children
  • Children's Literature
  • Administration of Early Childhood Education

Jobs of graduates of Early Years Education (15 months after graduation)

Example below based on all graduates of Early Years Education at Anglia Ruskin University

65% Information Technology Professionals
9% Sales occupations
4% Science, engineering and technology associate professionals
4% Web and Multimedia Design Professionals
4% Business and public service associate professionals
4% Caring personal services
2% Teaching Professionals
2% Welfare and housing associate professionals
2% Elementary occupations
2% Protective service occupations
Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Aug 27, 2024

Grading & Study Time

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Grading Distribution

Students of Early Years Education in the UK received the following grades.

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Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) 2016

Entry Requirements / Admissions

UCAS Tariff of Accepted Students for Early Years Education

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Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Aug 27, 2024
Get advice on which foundation courses are best for you to still study Early Years Education, if you do not meet the minimum requirements in terms of UCAS score, A levels, or English language requirements.

FAQ

Early Years Education is the academic studies in how young children age 0-5 learn and are taught, but not including teacher training.

The median salary of graduates of Early Years Education was £22820 15 months after graduation, £18460 3 years after graduation and £20799 5 years after graduation.

  • The following degrees are offered for Early Years Education studies:
  • Diploma of Higher Education - DipHE
  • Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - BA (Hons)
  • Certificate of Higher Education - CertHE
  • Bachelor of Education (Honours) - BEd (Hons)
  • Foundation Degree in Arts - FdA
  • Foundation Degree - FD
  • Foundation Degree in Education - FdEd
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Education - PGCE