Early Childhood Studies at Blackburn College

Early Childhood Studies (FdA, LX53) at Blackburn College asked for 48 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet.

UCAS listing ↗ Course page on blackburn.ac.uk ↗

UCAS tariff

~48 points

Open

below CCC

Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is the 2026 one and may have changed. Check blackburn.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.

Who actually got in

Came in with A-levels or Highers 65%, other qualifications 25%, other higher education 10%.

Course

Award: Foundation Degree in Arts
Code: LX53 · L5 social work + X3 education studies
Duration: 2 years
Mode: Full-time
Starts: September 2027
Entry: Year 1
Year: 2027

Student experience

After the first yearThis course

75%

still studying

UK 85%

25%

left higher education

UK 13%

moved to a lower award

UK 0%

15 students · started 2023-24

National Student SurveyThis course

% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course100%95%

Learning opportunities99%94%

Assessment and feedback98%94%

Academic support100%96%

Organisation and management95%90%

Learning resources95%92%

Student voice95%91%

20 final-year students · 90% responded · NSS 2024-26

After graduating

SalarySubject at this uni

3 years

£15k5 years

£16k

£0k£10k£20k£30k

middle halfmedianUK, same subject

3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates

15 months onWider subject at this uni

45% working25% studying20% unemployed10% other

UK, same subject: 84% in work or study

Graduate Outcomes survey · 25 graduates · 55% responded · 2023-24

Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.

Location

Campus: Blackburn, North West England, England
Postcode: BB2 1LH

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Subjects

early childhood studies social sciences

Campus

Campus: Main Campus
Housing: Accommodation ↗
Union: Students' union ↗

Childhood and youth studies at other universities

The course at each university nearest this one in entry requirement. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.

University	Course	Entry	Middle entrant
Birmingham Newman University	Early Childhood Studies (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons)	48 points	under 96
Blackburn College	Early Childhood Studies this course	48 points	—
Cardiff Metropolitan University	Early Years Education and Professional Practice with Early Years Practitioner Status (EYPS) (Bilingual) (with Foundation year) BA (Hons)	48 points	under 96
Halesowen College	Early Years Professional Leadership for England HNC	48 points	—
Middlesbrough College	Early Childhood Practice FD	48 points	—
Northumberland College	Working with Children & Families FdA	48 points	—
Oxford Brookes University	Early Childhood Studies (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons)	48 points	96–111
University Centre South Devon	Education and Childhood FdA	48 points	—
University of Bedfordshire	Childhood and Youth Studies with Foundation Year BA (Hons)	32 - 48 points	96–111
University of Chichester	Childhood with Integrated Foundation Year BA (Hons)	48 points	—
University of South Wales	Childhood Studies FdSc	48 points	under 96

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