Children and Young People (Teaching Assistant) at Boston College
Children and Young People (Teaching Assistant) (FdA, 3504) at Boston 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 boston.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~48 points
Openbelow 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 boston.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Came in with A-levels or Highers 85%, other higher education 10%, no formal qualifications 10%.
Course
- Award
- Foundation Degree in Arts
- Code
- 3504
- Duration
- 2 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
85%
still studying
UK 75%
10%
left higher education
UK 25%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
30 students · started 2022-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course90%97%
Learning opportunities95%96%
Assessment and feedback95%98%
Academic support88%97%
Organisation and management81%89%
Learning resources75%82%
Student voice90%90%
15 final-year students · 72% responded · NSS 2024-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£19.5k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 15 graduates, 2022-24
15 months onThis course
55% working20% working and studying10% studying20% other
UK, same subject: 80% in work or study
30%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 30%
95%
say their work is meaningful
UK 80%
90%
use what they learned
UK 76%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation50%
- Teaching Professionals20%
- Other Educational Professionals10%
- Process, plant and machine operatives5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 10 graduates · 60% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England
- Postcode
- PE21 6JF
Subjects
early years education education and teaching
Campus
- Campus
- Boston College University Centre
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Education 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnet and Southgate College | Foundation Degree in Early Years Childhood Studies FdA | 48 points | — |
| Birmingham Newman University | Education and Childhood (Accelerated) BASc (Hon) | 48 points | — |
| Blackburn College | Primary Education Teaching and Learning FdA | 48 points | — |
| Boston College | Children and Young People (Teaching Assistant) this course | 48 points | — |
| Cardiff Metropolitan University | Primary Education Studies BA (Hons) | 48 points | under 96 |
| City of Bristol College | Inclusive Education FdA | 48 points | — |
| East Sussex College | Early Years Care and Education FD | DD - CE | — |
| University Centre Farnborough | Early Years Education and Practice (Top-up) BA (Hons) | 48 points | — |
| University Centre Leeds, Leeds City College | Early Years Care and Education FD | 48 points | — |
| University of Bedfordshire | Early Childhood Education (Graduate Practitioner) (With Foundation Year) BA (Hons) | 32 - 48 points | under 96 |
| University of Chichester | Education with Integrated Foundation Year BA (Hons) | 48 points | under 96 |
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