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Early Education and Childcare Services Proprietors

Early childhood and childcare services proprietors plan, organise, direct and co-ordinate the activities and resources of residential or day nurseries, play groups, and similar establishments.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£19,874
£36,235
£61,130

New workers start around £19,874. Normal pay is £36,235 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £61,130.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 2,271 vacancies for this type of job

4.70%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Ensures the facilities are well maintained and that health and safety standards and other relevant regulations are met.

  • Develops relationships with children's parents and other educational establishments.

  • Provides leadership and management to staff to ensure services are delivered to a high quality.

  • Oversees the learning of young children and ensures that Early Years Foundation Stage and OFSTED standards are met.

  • Plans work schedules, assigns tasks and delegates responsibilities of staff.

  • Determines staffing, financial, material and other short- and long-term requirements.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Social Work

  • Working With Children

  • Child Development

  • Child Protection

  • Administrative Support

  • Finance

  • Risk Analysis

  • Numeracy

  • Call Center Experience

  • Child Safeguarding

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Management

  • Communication

  • Leadership

  • Teaching

  • Planning

  • English Language

  • Customer Service

  • Operations

  • Mathematics

  • Administrative Functions

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Business (Leadership and Management)

Chichester College Group (inc Brinsbury, Chichester, Crawley, Northbrook & Worthing Colleges)

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · Chichester · 09/2024

Tariff points: 80/80

Business (Top-up)

South Thames College Group (inc Carshalton, South Thames and Kingston College)

BA (Hons) · 1 Year · Full-time · Kingston upon Thames · 09/2024

Tariff points: 48/48

Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

Coventry University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Coventry · 09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

Public Services

Teesside University, Middlesbrough

FdA · 2 Years · Full-time · Hartlepool · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 40/48

Business Management

New College Swindon University Centre

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · Swindon · 09/2024

Tariff points: 80/80

Business Management with Foundation Year

Liverpool John Moores University

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · Liverpool · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 72/80

Maritime Business with Placement

Solent University (Southampton)

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time with year in industry · Southampton · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 112/128

Business

Kingston University

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · Kingston upon Thames · 09/2024

Tariff points: 32/32

Business

Gloucestershire College

HNC · 2 Years · Blended learning (part-time) · Cheltenham · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 48/48

Business

University of Lincoln

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Lincoln · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 104/104

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