CACHE Level 3 Award in Supporting Teaching & Learning in Schools

The course consists of four units:

Qual reference number: 603/2495/8
CACHE LEVEL 3 AWARD IN SUPPORTING TEACHING AND LEARNING

Unit 1: Schools and colleges as organisations

• Understand the structure of education from early years to post-compulsory education
• Understand how schools and colleges are organised in terms of roles and responsibilities
• Understand teamwork in schools and colleges
• Understand educational ethos, mission, aims and values
• CACHE REF: STL3C1
• Ofqual REf: T/616/5878

Unit 2: Support health and safety in a learning environment 

• Understand how to plan and provide environments that support children and young people’s health and safety
• Understand how to recognise and manage risks to health, safety and security in a learning environment or during off-site visits
• Understand how to support children and young people to assess and manage risk for themselves
• Understand appropriate responses to accidents, incidents, emergencies and illness in the learning environment and during off-site visits
• Understand own role in assisting in the administration of medication
• CACHE REF: STL3C2
• Ofqual REf: A/616/5879

Unit 3: Understand how to safeguard children and young people 

• Understand legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people
• Understand how to work in partnership with other organisations to safeguard children and young people
• Understand the need to ensure children and young people’s safety and protection in the learning environment
• Understand how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been abused or harmed
• Understand how to work with children and young people to support their well-being
• CACHE REF: STL3C3
• Ofqual REf: M/616/5880

Unit 4: Understand how children and young people develop

• Understand the expected pattern of development for children and young people from birth to 19 years
• Understand the factors that influence children and young people’s development and how these affect practice
• Understand how to monitor children and young people’s development and interventions that should take place if this is not following the expected pattern
• CACHE REF: STL3C5
• Ofqual REf: A/616/5882

Your study pack is dispatched in full at the time of enrolment and provides all you need to complete your studies:

• Studyguide
• Comprehensive study notes for each element of the course
• Self-assessment activities
• Assignments
• Tutor support
• Assignment marking & feedback
• Certification

The course is designed for study by distance learning at work or at home.  Students receive course manual, assignments and studyguide plus tutor support by mail and email.  You can start at any time and plan your studies over a period of up to one year from the time of enrolment.

Course Accreditation

CACHE Level 3 Award in Supporting Teaching & Learning

Ofqual Qual No: 603/2495/8

This course provides successful students with a qualification from NCFE-CACHE, regulated by Ofqual. Cache is an Awarding Organisation recognised by the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) in England and by the Welsh Government. This is a knowledge based qualification suitable for support roles in schools and colleges, including site staff, administrators etc as well as those who work directly with children and young people.

This qualification seeks to develop the knowledge and understanding that all those working in a school/college setting will need and covers areas such as safeguarding, communication and understanding the learning context.

The course is designed for study by distance learning at work or at home. No placement in school or college is required.  Students receive course manual, assignments and studyguide plus tutor support by mail and email.  You can start at any time and plan your studies over a period of up to one year from the time of enrolment.

Each course unit requires the completion of a tutor marked assignment which consists of a series of knowledge based tasks requiring essay style answers.

Students may register at any time and have a full year to complete their studies.  The course will take around 90 hours of study to complete.

You will have access to a tutor via email who will mark your work and guide you through the course and will assist you with any problems you may have. In addition you will be supplied with a comprehensive Study Guide which will help you through the study and assessment process.