Early Years (Pre-school) Regulations and DCYA Childcare Programmes Qualification Requirements
| Award |
Training Provider |
Min Preschool Reg. |
Room Leader - Standard |
Room leader - Higher |
Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postgraduate Certificate in Early Years Pedagogue | University of Strathclyde | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (Primary) | University of Aberdeen | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| Bachelor of Education in Primary Education | University of Gloucestershire | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| Master of Arts in Integrated Provision for Children and Families in Early Years | University of Leicester | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| Level 3 Diploma in Specialist Support for Teaching and Learning in Schools | North West Regional College, Northern Ireland | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| Master of Arts in Practice Based Play Therapy | Canterbury Christ church University, Canterbury, UK | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| Level 3 BTEC National Diploma, Caring Services (Nursery Nursing) | Edexcel | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| BA Hons in Education - Early Years | University of Worcester | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| BA Hons Early Childhood Studies | University of Wolverhampton | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| Foundation Degree in Childhood Studies | University of Winchester | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| Professional Graduate Certificate in Early Years (Practice) | University of Winchester | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| BA (hons) Education and Early Childhood Studies | University of West of England | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| BA in Primary Studies | University of Wales, Newport. | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| PGCE Education Primary | University of Ulster | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| MA Early Childhood Education | University of Sheffield | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| Post Grad Certificate in Education (Primary Teaching) | University of Manchester | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| Teacher's Certificate in the theory and Practice of Education (Junior School) | University of London Institute of Education (Digby Stuart College) | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| BA (hons) Steiner Waldorf Education | University of Plymouth | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| HE Certificate in Steiner Waldorf Education | University of Plymouth | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| BA (hons) in Childhood Studies and Professional Practice Studies | University of Northumbria, Newcastle | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| BA in Care & Education of Very Young Children | University of Northumbria, Newcastle | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| Teacher's Certificate | University of London Institute of Education (Coloma College) | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| Advanced Study of Early Years and Special Needs | University of Liverpool | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| BA(hons) Advanced Study Early Years & Education Studies | University of Liverpool | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| BA Hons in Advanced Study of Early Years and History | University of Liverpool | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| Post Graduate Certificate in Primary & Nursery Education | University of Hertfordshire | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| Professional Graduate Diploma in Primary Education | University of Edinburgh | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| Post Grad Cert in Education/General Primary (Key Stage 1 /2) | University of East London | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| Post Graduate Certificate of Education (Early Years 4-8) | University of East Anglia | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| Post Graduate Certificate in Education with Qualified Teacher Status (5-11yrs) | University of Cumbria | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| BA Hons Early Childhood | University College Northampton | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| BA Philosophy (Special Education and Autism in Children) | University of Birmingham | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| Higher National Certificate (HNC) in Childcare & Education | Various Providers (UK) | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies | Teeside University, Darlington | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| BA (Hons) Children and Early Childhood (Top-up) | Teeside University, Darlington | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| Foundation degree in Early Childhood Studies | The North West Institute of Further and Higher Education (Derry, NI) | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| Foundation degree in Early Childhood Studies | Stranmillis University College | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| MA in Early Childhood Studies | Stranmillis University College | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| BA(Hons) in Early Childhood Studies | Stranmillis University College | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| Master of Arts in Special and Inclusive Education | Roehampton University (Froebel College Dublin) | UK (Incl. NI) | |||
| Diploma in Play Therapy | Roehampton - University of Surrey | UK (Incl. NI) |




