Cranford Review 2021

T Level in Education and Childcare
The T
Level Education and Childcare
students have had an exceptionally
challenging yet rewarding year with their progress and
achievements. Students embarked on a professional
journey learning the ways of the education sector
with the support of fantastic teachers at Cranford
Community College and the splendid work
experience opportunity at Berkeley Academy. These
experiences nurture our budding T Level students
to learn theoretical as well as practical elements of
the education field. These included elements such
as child development, working with parents, carers
and families and reflective practice to name a few.
In addition to these very attractive attributes of the
course, students have gained training in safeguarding
children, prevent training and gained a DBS
certificate too. Accompanying the theoretical and
practical skills was the employer set project module.
The employer set project is an assessment where
students complete different tasks for education and
childcare which include completing an intervention
plan and an activity plan in response to a child profile
giving information on a specific child. The employer
set project is a perfect example of the skills that are
applied by students and the excellent opportunities
that students are given for readiness in a career in the
education and childcare sector.
How do T Level students achieve success in the
employer set project I hear you ask?! Well, this is
by the consistent and frequent work experience at
Berkeley Academy that students complete alongside
their theoretical studies. Here at Cranford students are
lucky to have many doors open for them to transfer
their skills from the T Level course directly to the real
life workplace environment. At Berkeley Academy
students invest a certain amount of hours a week
where students work with a range of children from
Early Years to year 6. T Level is unique in giving
students the ability to work with different age groups.
Our T Level students gain confidence, explore their
interests, improve their CV and learn networking
skills with other professionals. Students have shared
that they have gained social skills too such as empathy,
patience, communication skills and listening skills.
The qualification is equivalent to three A levels whilst
also providing students with incredible employability
skills.
Sunaina Nayyar (Second in Social Sciences)
T - LEVELS
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“My favourite part of T Level in Education and Childcare
is the work experience. This I because it allows me to
interact with children and apply it to my T Level. It also
gives me an idea of the real world”.
“Work experience allows us to interact with the children
and experience life in the workplace. I find it useful
because it helps me apply my knowledge to real life and
gives me a taste of what it’s like in the real world. I mainly
find it enjoyable and a great way to encourage me to take
my course seriously. Moreover, work experience is a great
opportunity to test ideas into practice and it also provides
an excellent look at my CV” .
“The employer set project provided me with the opportunity
to acknowledge the different activities that are suitable
for different ages and what type of planning it takes to
make activities like resources, risk assessment and how it
links to the national curriculum of early years”.
“The employer set project was a great opportunity to
help me understand what it takes to create activities for
children which will give them the opportunity to develop
in many ways. It also helped me understand the different
milestones of children’s development at work”.
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