Early Years Education and Professional Practice with Early Years Practitioner Status (EYPS) (with Foundation Year) at Cardiff Metropolitan University
Early Years Education and Professional Practice with Early Years Practitioner Status (EYPS) (with Foundation Year) (BA (Hons), XYPF) at Cardiff Metropolitan University asked for 48 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 128–143 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Main course page on cardiffmet.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 cardiffmet.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 48
15% of entrants have no UCAS points recorded. The middle entrant with points had 128–143 points.
15 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 95%, other higher education 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- XYPF
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
85%
still studying
UK 77%
15%
left higher education
UK 15%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 2%
20 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course90%93%
Learning opportunities94%94%
Assessment and feedback75%93%
Academic support92%92%
Organisation and management96%90%
Learning resources92%91%
Student voice82%88%
15 final-year students · 93% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£28k3 years£21.5k5 years£26.5k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 20 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onWider subject at this uni
70% working15% working and studying15% other
UK, same subject: 88% in work or study
70%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 75%
90%
say their work is meaningful
UK 95%
70%
use what they learned
UK 85%
- Welfare Professionals25%
- Welfare and housing associate professionals20%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation10%
- Administrative occupations5%
- Caring personal services5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 50 graduates · 55% responded · 2023-24
Figures are for the main course; this variant is listed with it. Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Cardiff, Wales, Wales
- Postcode
- CF5 2YB
Subjects
early childhood studies social sciences
Campus
- Campus
- Cyncoed 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 FdA | 48 points | — |
| Cardiff Metropolitan University | Early Years Education and Professional Practice with Early Years Practitioner Status (EYPS) (with Foundation Year) this course | 48 points | 128–143 |
| 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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