Childhood Studies (Including Foundation Year) at University of Essex
Childhood Studies (Including Foundation Year) (BA (Hons), L523) at University of Essex: UCAS’s course data does not show an entry requirement for 2027 entry yet. The middle entrant to the subject here had 96–111 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on essex.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 essex.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsWider subject at this uni
Entrants hereUK, same subject
The middle entrant had 96–111 points.
160 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 45%, no formal qualifications 25%, other qualifications 20%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- L523 · L5 social work
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- October 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- built in
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
65%
still studying
UK 83%
35%
left higher education
UK 13%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 3%
10 students · started 2022-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course92%84%
Learning opportunities92%84%
Assessment and feedback88%83%
Academic support93%85%
Organisation and management76%83%
Learning resources82%89%
Student voice85%80%
25 final-year students · 64% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£31k3 years£26.5k5 years£33.5k
£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 onWider subject at this uni
75% working10% working and studying5% unemployed5% other
UK, same subject: 88% in work or study
85%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 75%
85%
say their work is meaningful
UK 95%
85%
use what they learned
UK 85%
- Welfare Professionals70%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation10%
- Teaching Professionals5%
- Caring personal services5%
- Skilled trades occupations5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 35 graduates · 55% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Colchester, East of England, England
- Postcode
- CO4 3SQ
Subjects
child care social sciences
Campus
- Campus
- Colchester Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Childhood and youth studies 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor University | Childhood and Youth Studies BA (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | 96–111 |
| University of Bedfordshire | Childhood and Youth Studies BA (Hons) | 96 - 112 points | 96–111 |
| Birmingham Newman University | Early Childhood Studies (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) | 48 points | under 96 |
| Blackburn College | Early Childhood Studies FdA | 48 points | — |
| Bedford College Group | Child and Family Studies FdA | 32 points | — |
| Activate Learning | Early Years Professional Leadership for England (HTQ) HND | — | — |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Early Childhood Studies (Graduate Practitioner) BA (Hons) | — | 112–127 |
| Barnsley College University Centre | Early Childhood Studies (Top-up) BA (Hons) | — | — |
| Birmingham City University | Early Childhood Studies with Graduate Practitioner Competencies BA (Hons) | — | 96–111 |
| University College Birmingham | Childhood and Education Studies (Online) BA (Hons) | — | — |
| University of Essex | Childhood Studies (Including Foundation Year) this course | — | 96–111 |
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