Early Childhood Studies with Early Years Practitioner Status with a Year Abroad at Swansea University
Early Childhood Studies with Early Years Practitioner Status with a Year Abroad (BA (Hons), X312) at Swansea University asked for 120 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 112–127 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Main course page on swansea.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~120 points
Selectivearound BBB
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 swansea.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 120
The middle entrant had 112–127 points. At least 30% had fewer than the 120 asked.
15 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 95%, a baccalaureate 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- X312 · X3 education studies
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- 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%
15 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course95%93%
Learning opportunities95%94%
Assessment and feedback95%93%
Academic support100%92%
Organisation and management100%90%
Learning resources97%91%
Student voice100%88%
10 final-year students · 100% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£27k3 years£24.5k5 years£31.5k
£10k£20k£30k£40k£50k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 85 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
60% working15% studying20% unemployed5% other
UK, same subject: 87% in work or study
35%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 50%
100%
say their work is meaningful
UK 90%
90%
use what they learned
UK 83%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation35%
- Teaching Professionals20%
- Elementary occupations10%
- Teaching and Childcare Associate Professionals10%
- Secretarial and related occupations5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 15 graduates · 60% 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
- Swansea, Wales, Wales
- Postcode
- SA2 8PP
Subjects
early childhood studies social sciences
Campus
- Campus
- Swansea University - Singleton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Leeds | Childhood Studies BA (Hons) | ABB | 128–143 |
| Bangor University | Childhood and Youth Studies BA (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | 96–111 |
| Stranmillis University College | Early Childhood Studies BA (Hons) | 120 points | 128–143 |
| Swansea University | Early Childhood Studies with Early Years Practitioner Status with a Year Abroad this course | 120 points | 112–127 |
| Burnley College | Children, Young People and Their Services FD | 104 - 112 points | — |
| Canterbury Christ Church University | Early Childhood Studies BA (Hons) | 112 points | under 96 |
| Edge Hill University | Child & Adolescent Mental Health & Wellbeing BSc (Hons) | 104 - 112 points | 112–127 |
| Liverpool Hope University | Childhood & Youth and Early Childhood BA (Hons) | 112 points | under 96 |
| Middlesex University | Early Childhood Studies BA (Hons) | 96 - 112 points | 96–111 |
| University of Bedfordshire | Childhood and Youth Studies BA (Hons) | 96 - 112 points | 96–111 |
| University of Huddersfield | Childhood, Education and Inclusion BA (Hons) | BBC | 128–143 |
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