Childhood Education at University Centre Truro and Penwith

Childhood Education (FdA, X310) at University Centre Truro and Penwith asked for 48 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet.

UCAS listing ↗ Course page on truro-penwith.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 truro-penwith.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.

Who actually got in

Came in with A-levels or Highers 95%, an Access course 5%.

Course

Award: Foundation Degree in Arts
Code: X310 · X3 education studies
Duration: 2 years
Mode: Full-time
Starts: September 2027
Entry: Year 1, Year 2
Year: 2027

Student experience

After the first yearThis course

70%

still studying

UK 85%

25%

left higher education

UK 13%

10%

moved to a lower award

UK 0%

15 students · started 2023-24

National Student SurveyThis course

% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course92%95%

Learning opportunities100%94%

Assessment and feedback91%94%

Academic support92%96%

Organisation and management88%90%

Learning resources88%92%

Student voice87%91%

15 final-year students · 76% responded · NSS 2024-26

After graduating

SalarySubject at this uni

3 years

£16.5k5 years

£21k

£10k£20k£30k

middle halfmedianUK, same subject

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

15 months onSubject at this uni

65% working10% working and studying25% studying

UK, same subject: 95% in work or study

50%

in professional or managerial jobs

UK 40%

Graduate Outcomes survey · 15 graduates · 50% responded · 2022-24

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

Location

Campus: Truro, South West England, England
Postcode: TR1 3XX

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Subjects

childhood studies social sciences
early years education education and teaching

Campus

Campus: Truro College
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) (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 Centre Truro and Penwith	Childhood Education this course	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	—

See all 254 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side