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Early Years & Playwork Qualifications Database

Department for Education and Skills

Guidance for: Childcare Approval Scheme: Approved childcarer qualifications

Listed below are all the qualifications and training courses recognised by the Childcare Approval Scheme. To see the schemes' other requirements visit Childcare Approval Scheme website.

To shorten the list please type the title of the qualification or training you have undertaken here.

Qualification Title Awarding Body Name Type
A Question of Play ABC Endorsed training
ABC Level 2 Certificate in Playwork ABC VRQ
Advanced Certificate in Childcare and Education NAMCW VRQ
Advanced Certificate in Playgroup Practice NCFE VRQ
Advanced Certificate in Playwork NCFE VRQ
Advanced Diploma in Child Care and Education CACHE VRQ
AMI Montessori International Diploma (3 - 6 years) Association Montessori International NVQ
BA (Hons) Childhood Studies (with recognised practitioner options) Manchester Metropolitan University None
BA (Hons) Early Childhood (with recognised practitioner options) University of Worcester None
BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies University of East Anglia None
BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies University of East London (UEL) None
BA (Hons) Early CHildhood Studies Oxford Brook University None
BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies University of Derby None
BA (Hons) Early CHildhood Studies (as a major route) University of East London (UEL) None
BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies (with Practitioner Options) Manchester Metropolitan University None
BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies (with recognised practitioner option) Birmingham College of Food Tourism and Creative Studies None
BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies (with recognised practitioner options) Manchester Metropolitan University None
BA (Hons) Education - Early Childhood Studies London Metropolitan University None
BA (Hons) in Playwork University of Gloucester None
BA (Hons)Childhood Studies (with practitioner option) Manchester Metropolitan University None
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