Childhood and Early Years Studies at Northumbria University, Newcastle
Childhood and Early Years Studies (BA (Hons), W3P9) at Northumbria University, Newcastle: UCAS’s course data does not show an entry requirement for 2027 entry yet. The middle entrant to the course had 112–127 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on northumbria.ac.uk ↗
Entry requirement
Not in UCAS’s data yet
UCAS’s course search data does not include one for 2027 yet, though the university may have published it. Check northumbria.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subject
The middle entrant had 112–127 points.
30 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 85%, an Access course 5%, other higher education 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- W3P9 · W3 music + P9 other media and communications
- Duration
- 3 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
75%
still studying
UK 77%
20%
left higher education
UK 15%
10%
moved to a lower award
UK 2%
40 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course89%93%
Learning opportunities91%94%
Assessment and feedback93%93%
Academic support89%92%
Organisation and management85%90%
Learning resources82%91%
Student voice96%88%
25 final-year students · 92% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£30k3 years£20k5 years£24k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 35 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onWider subject at this uni
77% working5% working and studying8% studying6% unemployed5% other
UK, same subject: 88% in work or study
74%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 75%
95%
say their work is meaningful
UK 95%
80%
use what they learned
UK 85%
- Welfare Professionals41%
- Welfare and housing associate professionals15%
- Teaching and Childcare Associate Professionals11%
- Caring personal services9%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation7%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 65 graduates · 50% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, England
- Postcode
- NE7 7XA
Subjects
social work social sciences
Campus
- Campus
- Northumbria University
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Social work at other universities
One course at each of 10 universities. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Birmingham | Social Work BA (Hons) | 128 points | 144–159 |
| Bradford College | Social Work BA (Hons) | 120 points | — |
| University of Bedfordshire | Social Work BSc (Hons) | 112 points | 96–111 |
| Birmingham Newman University | Counselling Studies and Working with Children, Young People & Families (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) | 48 points | — |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Social Work BA (Hons) | — | 112–127 |
| Barnsley College University Centre | Criminology, Communities and Criminal Justice (Top-up) BSc | — | — |
| Birmingham City University | Social Work BSc (Hons) | — | 112–127 |
| Blackpool and the Fylde College | Children, Families and Education CertHE | — | — |
| Bournemouth University | Social Work BA (Hons) | — | 112–127 |
| Northumbria University, Newcastle | Childhood and Early Years Studies this course | — | 112–127 |
| University of Bath | Social Work and Applied Social Studies BSc (Hons) | — | 128–143 |
See all 186 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
More health and social care at Northumbria University, Newcastle
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