Programme + Advanced Certificate Bundle

Level 4 Diploma in Early Learning and Childcare with Advanced Certificate in Early Years Leadership and Governance

Earn your Level 4 Diploma in Early Learning and Childcare and add the employer-focused Advanced Certificate in Early Years Leadership and Governance 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 Early Years Leadership and Governance sharpens it into a specialism employers search for. You study both together, in one flexible online enrolment with LSBR.

You will learn leadership and governance skills, building on the partnership working in early years settings module of the Level 4 Diploma in Early Learning and Childcare, to lead and manage early years settings effectively.

Complete both and your CV carries two named credentials: the Level 4 Diploma in Early Learning and Childcare and the Advanced Certificate in Early Years Leadership and Governance.

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 Early Years Leadership and Governance — your focused specialisation on top of the main programme

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