Programme + Advanced Certificate Bundle

Level 4 Diploma in Early Learning and Childcare with Advanced Certificate in Child Development Observation and Assessment

Earn your Level 4 Diploma in Early Learning and Childcare and add the employer-focused Advanced Certificate in Child Development Observation and Assessment on top — a double credential from one enrolment, for just £25 extra.

Why Combine These Two Credentials?

The Level 4 Diploma in Early Learning and Childcare gives you the full, accredited foundation — and the Advanced Certificate in Child Development Observation and Assessment sharpens it into a specialism employers search for. You study both together, in one flexible online enrolment with LSBR.

You will learn to observe and assess child development, building on the child development and enabling children to learn module of the Level 4 Diploma in Early Learning and Childcare, to inform teaching and learning practices.

Complete both and your CV carries two named credentials: the Level 4 Diploma in Early Learning and Childcare and the Advanced Certificate in Child Development Observation and Assessment.

What You Will Study

Core modules of the Level 4 Diploma in Early Learning and Childcare:

  • Child development and enabling children to learn
  • Physical activity and nutrition co-ordination (PANCo) in early years
  • Supporting children with additional needs
  • Partnership working in early years settings
  • Implementing and evaluating change in early years through a research project
  • Legal Requirements in Childcare
  • PLUS: Advanced Certificate in Child Development Observation and Assessment — your focused specialisation on top of the main programme

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