Course Overview

NCFE CACHE Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner

Name: NCFE CACHE Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner
Start: 2025-09-01 09:00:00
End: 2026-07-31 15:00:00

The aim of this qualification is to provide learners with the knowledge and understanding of
babies and young children from birth to 7 years of age with applied knowledge in the early years,
0-5 years. The qualification content meets the Department for Education’s (DfE) Level 2 full
and relevant criteria for a Level 2 Early Years Practitioner in the workforce.
Upon successful completion of this qualification learners can enter the workforce as a qualified
Level 2 Early Years Practitioner or continue to study for a Level 3 Diploma holding Early Years
Educator status. Further details can be found here: www.cache.org.uk/our-qualifications-andservices/
early-years-educator.

Who is it suitable for?
This qualification is ideal for learners looking to work with children between birth and 5 years, and gain knowledge of working with children up to 7 years. Learners do not need to have previous experience or qualifications in working with children to undertake this qualification.

Download the qualification specification

Ticket Information

Course Registration

£2,225.00 inc. VAT

Course Registration

Free

(for learners who are eligible for funding, please see eligibility criteria below)

14 spots left

Date And Time

01/09/2025 @ 09:00 to
31/07/2026 @ 15:00

Registration End Date

22/08/2025

Location

Slough

Course Types

Classroom

Course Category

Childcare

Venue

Regal Court Business Centre

Centrally positioned on High Street close to all the shops, amenities, leisure facilities and eateries, Regal Court is a great venue for courses in Slough and the surrounding area.

The bus and train stations are conveniently located within just 7 minutes walk.

There are many local public car parks available nearby, such as Victoria Street, Slough Brunel Way, The Grove, Queensmere Shopping Centre, and Herschel Car Park.

Address

Regal Court Business Centre
42-44 High Street
Slough
Berkshire
SL1 1EL

Telephone

01753 910 900

Email Address

info@regalcourt.co.uk

Qualification Overview

The classes are 2 days per week.
To gain this qualification, learners must achieve a total of 37 credits from all 14 mandatory units.
Learners will need to be working, volunteering or on practical placement to show competence in both knowledge and skills.
Placement opportunity must allow for skills application with babies and young children sufficient to meet the assessment criteria for the qualification.

Funding criteria

This is course is delivered in partnership with the East Berkshire Community Learning and Skills Service, Slough Borough Council and the RBWM.
Free funding is available to learners who meet the eligibility criteria below:

– Resident within the boroughs of Slough or RBWM
– Unemployed or in receipt of low income (less than £22,308 per year)
– Resident in the UK continuously for 3 years or more (exceptions apply for refugees)
– In receipt of state benefits (Universal Credit, JSA, etc.)
– Have Right to Work in the UK
– Aged 19 years+
– Not being on an apprenticeship

Progression opportunities

This qualification allows progression on to the Level 3 Early Years Educator qualifications and other relevant Level 3 qualifications relating to early years and child care.
This qualification allows a learner to count towards the Level 2 ratio as a qualified Level 2 Early Years Practitioner across the Early Years Workforce.

Learners may work under supervision in a variety of roles such as:
• nursery practitioner
• classroom assistant
• pre-school practitioner

Qualification Reference Number (QRN)

603/3723/0

Total qualification time (TQT):

370

Guided learning hours (GLH)

293

Accreditation

Ncfe CACHE

Mode of Delivery

Face-to-Face

Entry requirements:

- Aged 16+
- Level 1 literacy
- Level 1 IT skills
- Right to Work in UK
- DBS check

Mandatory Units

EYP 1 Roles and responsibilities of the Early Years Practitioner
EYP 2 Health and safety of babies and young children in the early years
EYP 3 Equality, diversity and inclusive practice in Early Years Settings
EYP 4 Safeguarding, protection and welfare of babies and young children in Early Years Settings
EYP 5 Understand how to support children’s development
EYP 6 Support care routines for babies and young children
EYP 7 Support the planning and delivery of activities, purposeful play opportunities and educational programmes
EYP 8 Promote play in an Early Years Setting
EYP 9 Support well-being of babies and young children for healthy lifestyles
EYP 10 Support babies and young children to be physically active
EYP 11 Support the needs of babies and young children with Special Educational Needs and Disability
EYP 12 Promote positive behaviour in Early Years Settings
EYP 13 Partnership working in the early years
EYP 14 Support the needs of the child in preparing for school

Assessment

All units will be internally assessed using a range of methods. Knowledge based outcomes can be assessed using non–mandatory assessment tasks provided for tutors’ convenience in the qualification specification. Skills based outcomes must be achieved with reference to a real work environment and must include direct observation within the workplace.

Real Work Environment (RWE)

We recommend learners complete 250 placement hours whilst undertaking this qualification.

Testimonials

"I found that the classroom environment was very nice and calming because before I started I was very nervous and wary and I felt at ease with you. The opportunities you have given us to share and express our experiences has made it very insightful and I have learnt about different ways of teaching and learning through these conversations. Your input and delivery has been informative and very easy for me to understand. Thank you for making me feel safe and like I'm apart of a team."

"It was a pleasure to be in the teaching assistant course throughout the week, delivered by you. I found it very useful and eye-opening. I learnt a lot about the schools in the UK. Your way of engaging the class and delivering the topics was found welcoming and professional. I thank you for your time and dedication to the class and wish you health and success."

"I like the curriculum being taught, as well as the quantity of information I retained and learned from this cause concerning Childcare and safeguarding. This will be useful in the future for work and other jobs such as teaching and working in schools. The tutor (Victoria) was fantastic, and I appreciated her teaching a lot. She demonstrated passion and excitement, and there was nothing more to be said. I loved the ambiance and her amazing teaching skills, and the facilities and resources were also amazing. I am looking forward for the next week training session, hopefully it will also beneficial for me in my future career."

The teaching was very good and informative whilst also being entertaining at getting the class involved and working as a team to learn the modules. The presentation slides were very good and easy to read and learn from. Rusidha taught us very well, as well as including some real life experiences to help better explain some of the modules. The classroom was air conditioned at a comfortable temperature for learning. Overall, the learning sessions were informative and made interesting for all of us and her teaching style and methods made the modules easy to learn and to pass the quizzes at the end. I very much recommend her as a tutor for future courses.

I found the training very useful and learnt some new skills in Business accounting and refreshed my knowledge in other subjects. Rusidha was very engaging and delivered the training in a professional manner. She was very approachable and included the whole class in any discussions. She was able to answer any questions anyone had and if she was not sure she was able to signpost. I have no suggestions for the way she can improve as I was very happy with her style of teaching.