Supporting Teaching and Learning

Cache Certificate , Level 2
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I love how open and honest and supportive everyone is. I appreciate the tutor giving strong and clear instruction for the written work and the skills practice. Also that the work set is marked quickly, so I know where I stand.

Georgina

I found a safe space to be myself, I feel comfortable with my classmates and tutor, this is my third year and I don’t remember one day that I wouldn’t have wanted to come to the class. The environment, classmates, tutor, study and exercises (all together) facilitated (and still are facilitating) my personal growth, a better understanding of myself and acceptance. This journey made me flourish. It is helping me to fulfill my purpose, keeping my life balanced, connected with reality and people.

Maria

“The benefit of the creative stuff is just learning different activities that you could do with the children when you’re in the setting or learning what activities they actually like to do, or they prefer to do, that’ll actually help them with their development. You can even use [the kitchen] as different activities to do with the children, so, like making buns with them.”

Katie

“The facilities like the kitchen are so great because you get to learn about what nutrition children need, and you can make at home yourselves to look after the children or even in the nursery making different things for lunch and snack time”

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Did you know!

  • We are proud to be working in partnership with CACHE.
  • Jobs in Childcare and Related Personal services in Leeds are due to grow by 2.7% from 2019 to 2024 (Emsi).

Course Information

Introduction

For learners age 16-19 only

Do you dream of becoming a qualified teaching assistant, working with children or young people? If so, this programme will help you launch your career. You will ensure a healthy, safe, and supportive learning environment. You will also support positive behaviour. A work placement is also built into this course providing you with valuable industry insight

Overview

Video Transcript

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Education and Early Years | Leeds City College
WCAG 2.1 Doc
Location: Quarry Hill Campus

SPEAKERS

Female Speaker 1 — Staff
Female Speaker 2 — Student
Female Speaker 3 — Student
Female Speaker 4 — Student
Female Speaker 5 — Staff / Placement Partner (Bright Beginnings)
Female Speaker 6 — Student

VIDEO BREAKDOWN

Visual: A female student placement worker in a green hoodie crouches down indoors, speaking attentively and listening to two young primary school pupils in burgundy jumpers.

Female Speaker 1 — Staff: “Within education industries, we have students who want to either go into schools, for example, nurseries.”
Visual: Outdoors on a sunny day, a student placement worker wearing a green high-visibility Leeds City College tabard smiles warmly while receiving yellow dandelion flowers from young children.

Female Speaker 1 — Staff: “Some of them want to be holiday reps, working at children centres, social workers, play workers.”
Visual: Inside a bright, modern nursery classroom, children sit in a circle on a rug listening to a male teacher and female assistant during group activity time.

Female Speaker 2 — Student: “One adult can make such a big difference in a young person’s life. I want to be that adult.”
Visual: In a well-equipped training studio, a female lecturer in a patterned blouse presents to a class. In the foreground, a student holds an infant demonstration doll.

Visual: Outdoors on an elevated campus terrace, four students stand around holding the edges of a large, colourful rainbow parachute.
Visual: In an early years training suite, a student wearing protective apron and gloves practices diaper-changing techniques on a realistic baby mannequin at a changing station near large windows.
Visual: In a classroom, a student placement worker wearing a green Leeds City College vest crouches down beside a young pupil who is writing mathematical equations on a whiteboard.
Female Speaker 3 — Student: “Like, I always knew this kind of the campus where I wanted to be because I’ve only just heard great things about it to be honest. The department is amazing.”
Visual: Four students walk together across a modern paved outdoor plaza framed by glass-fronted campus buildings at Quarry Hill Campus.
Visual: A male student wearing a grey hoodie embroidered with “ENACT” walks up an interior glass-and-steel stairwell.
Visual: Close-up of a student typing on a black laptop keyboard at a circular wooden table.
Visual: A black female student wearing a green college lanyard focuses on her laptop screen.
Visual: In a podcast studio, a female tutor wearing a striped top and lanyard speaks across desktop microphones to a student.
Female Speaker 1 — Staff: “Our students are protected and loved and cared for.”
Visual: Low-angle outdoor shot of students lifting the large multi-coloured parachute together under a clear sky.
Visual: A female member of staff wearing a white polka-dot top and green “STAFF” lanyard laughs happily alongside colleagues.
Female Speaker 4 — Student: “It’s easy to make friends here. The teachers will help you do that as well.”
Visual: In a media studio, a female student seated at desktop microphones laughs merrily during a recording session with a peer.
Visual: In the training classroom, the female lecturer gestures with open hands while speaking to students gathered around.
Female Speaker 3 — Student: “Support from the staff is honestly just incredible. I wouldn’t have been able to pass this course if I hadn’t had the support that I’ve had from the staff.”
Visual: In an sensory room illuminated with soft purple light, a staff member speaks to three female students seated on floor mats.
Visual: By a large window overlooking the city, a female tutor demonstrates placing a grey Virtual Reality (VR) headset over her head in front of a student.
Visual: A student wearing a green lanyard fits a VR headset over his eyes to experience immersive educational environments.
Visual: A female student stands at a large interactive touchscreen board presenting a digital matching game featuring animal graphics.
On-screen text: 0.6
Visual: Inside the sensory room with pink lighting, a female student gently holds a large, illuminated egg-shaped light orb.
Female Speaker 4 — Student: “We’ve got great facilities over the campus. Our locations are really good. Our reputation is really good. We’ve got really good links with universities.”
Visual: Close-up of a female student in a red top cradling a baby mannequin in her arms during a training session.
Visual: Close-up of hands using a digital stylus pen to write notes on a tablet device screen.
Visual: Students sit at desks in a bright classroom, taking notes during a presentation.
Visual: Shallow-focus shot panning across a lively, well-resourced early years classroom filled with wooden activity stations and children playing.
Visual: Rear view of a student placement worker wearing a green vest with “Leeds City College” printed in white on the back, engaging with young girls at a low table.
On-screen text: Leeds City College
Female Speaker 1 — Staff: “Placement really helps that as well because they’re building those skills. They’ve got that rapport with the children, and we’ve got that support.”
Visual: Exterior signage outside a brick building reading “Bright Beginnings Childcare Centre” as placement students walk past.
On-screen text: Bright Beginnings Childcare Centre www.brightbeginningschildcare.co.uk
Visual: At Bright Beginnings, a smiling staff member places decorative craft items on a low table alongside a colleague in a cap.
Visual: A female student worker with red hair and a colleague prepare a water-play activity table with funnels and floating fish models.
Visual: High-angle shot looking down at hands arranging toy fish, shells, and funnels in a tray of blue water.
Visual: Row of colourful plastic cups holding coloured pencils on a shelf, with children playing in the background.
Visual: A young girl in a nursery setting pours water from a small blue teacup into a funnel during water-play.
Female Speaker 5 — Staff / Placement Partner (Bright Beginnings): “I’m really excited for the partnership with Leeds City College. We have had students doing the T-levels and we did actually have one of their students do a Level 3 apprenticeship with us.”
Visual: The red-haired student worker kneels by a low windowsill, attentively helping a young boy organize wooden activity pieces.
Visual: A female childcare practitioner smiles broadly while helping toddlers engaged in table activities.
Visual: High-angle view of a carpeted interior staircase as a young child wearing a red sun hat holds the handrail and walks up the steps.
Visual: In an outdoor play area, a young boy in a yellow shirt runs over to an outdoor wooden cabinet labeled “Sand and Water”.
On-screen text: Sand and Water
Visual: In a large outdoor sandpit, the red-haired student worker kneels down, helping young children play with toy dinosaur figures in the sand.
Female Speaker 6 — Student: “Being able to work with the kids at Bright Beginnings has been really good.”
Visual: In the outdoor sandpit area, a female staff member sits on the wooden edge of the pit assisting toddlers with sand moulds.
Female Speaker 5 — Staff / Placement Partner (Bright Beginnings): “So with our connections with Leeds City College, we’re happy to be that placement because potentially these candidates, the students, are our future recruits.”
Visual: Two female students sit together at a classroom desk using scientific calculators while reviewing notes.
Visual: In a modern training kitchen, two students in striped and green aprons prepare wraps and fresh vegetables at a counter station.
Visual: A male student sits on the floor surrounded by baby demonstration dolls, carefully dressing one in a striped infant outfit.
Female Speaker 1 — Staff: “A lot of our students go on to either going into their placement jobs or they go on to university. So the next steps and the progression is really, really good.”
Visual: A student in a red top works intently on a brown ASUS laptop at a round table near windows overlooking city buildings.
Visual: Outdoors in an early years playground, a placement worker in a green vest throws a soft yellow ball gently to a young girl.
On-screen text: Leeds City College
Visual: In a primary classroom, a student placement worker wearing a green vest sits at a table guiding two young pupils using interactive tablet computers.
Visual: In the practical childcare studio, a student helps her peer tie the back straps of a clear plastic protective apron.
Visual: A group of students wearing aprons stand around a kitchen island unit preparing fresh food ingredients together.
Visual: Outside on a grassy lawn, a placement worker and young children in red school jumpers play with a hula hoop.
Female Speaker 6 — Student: “I’m feeling very confident. I know that I’ve got great experience here and I can use that in my CV, like instead of just, ‘Oh yeah, I sat down and got a qualification.’ I’m like, ‘Oh no, I’ve been in different placements, I’ve worked with different schools, different year groups. I’ve got all that experience to take with me…'”
Visual: Students gather around a science experiment table, measuring white liquid into paper cups for a papier-mâché volcano model.
On-screen text: MASTER OF SARCASM
Visual: Close-up of a student using a measuring spoon to add a chemical solution into a papier-mâché structure causing a foamy reaction.
Visual: In a podcast recording setup, a female student wearing a college lanyard laughs with delight while speaking into a desktop microphone.
Visual: A student wearing a clear plastic apron and protective gloves cleans a baby mannequin at a white table.
Visual: In the illuminated sensory room, a female student with glasses observes a reflective chrome sphere held up by an instructor.
Visual: A female student worker in a green vest holds hands with a young pupil in a maroon jumper as they walk down a nursery hallway past an alphabet chart.
On-screen text: Leeds City College In Discoverers we are… a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v
Visual: A male student smiles and converses warmly with a female peer across a table in a quiet study area.
Visual: In an outdoor garden area, a student worker in a green vest uses a litter picker and green bucket to maintain the grounds.
On-screen text: Leeds City College
Visual: Close-up of a tray filled with pink and multi-coloured sensory sand displaying a heart symbol drawn into the surface.
Visual: Outdoors in a school playground, young pupils gleefully slide down a metallic outdoor slide under the supervision of a student worker standing nearby.
Female Speaker 6 — Student: “…and it’s getting me somewhere, helping me achieve what I want to achieve and get me to the places where I want to be in the years ahead.”
Visual: The video transitions to a dark slate background displaying the official white Leeds City College emblem logo centered on screen as the background music fades out.
On-screen text & Graphics: LEEDS CITY COLLEGE

Who is this course for?

If you’re in year 11 or 12 and are looking to take the next steps towards your career these courses are for you. Our vast selection of vocational courses span a range of subjects and combine academic study with practical skills. Study in industry standard facilities and use our industry links to prepare for progression.

Benefits and skills

  • View schools and colleges as organisations.
  • Provide engaging displays in a learning environment.
  • Safeguard children and young people.
  • Understand children’s and young people’s development, play, and leisure
  • Entry requirements

    Four GCSEs at grade 3 or above including English language and ideally maths

    Available apprenticeships and progression options

    Progression may include a level 3 qualification, an apprenticeship, or relevant employment.

    Course details

    Start Date: 06/09/2027
    Fees (16-18): No fee
    Study Type: Full time
    Course Code: 73125-01

    Employment Statistics

    • Higher Level Teaching Assistants

      Average Salary
      £17.10
    • Teaching Assistants

      Average Salary
      £14.09
    • Educational Support Assistants

      Average Salary
      £14.50

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