National College for Care and Education Reviews 

The level 3 in the Reggio Emelia Approach was interesting and informative. The units were challenging and built on the knowledge gained from previous tasks. I really enjoyed the course and loved how I was able to link my learning to the setting where I work. Feedback was prompt and incredibly thorough. I would highly recommend NCCE.

Fantastic Launchpad course led by Dr Sam Ballington. I absolutely loved the informative group sessions and all the modules were clear and concise on the training website.
Thank you so much for moving me and my business forward.
Highly recommend Sam and her team 💜

The course is well laid out and very informative. You read a unit, complete your tasks and upload your work. Very easy. Marking is done quickly and the feedback is very helpful. Lisa has given me really detailed and constructive feedback, which is much appreciated. Really recommend this platform for learning.

Sam and Eniko are amazing! One of our learners started with them less than 9 months ago and has nearly finished her level 3. The marking has been so prompt, detailed and encouraging and I've seen our learner flourish before my eyes. She is so much more confident now and has absolutely loved the course! Thank you so much NCCE!

Sam was extremely prompt at marking my work. No sooner had I submitted it, to my surprise I received my work marked the following day! It was signed off and I received very encouraging feedback.

Studying online is a challenge, but I would recommend NCCE for their quick responses. My tutor Eniko has also been patient, as well as very supportive and encouraging. Offering me time for as many zoom meetings to feel I am on the right track. Being neurodivergent, feedback incrementally on my studying journey with them has been a huge blessing.

Sam and NCCE are great and really supportive. I have felt really seen, heard and understood throughout the course and the balance of self led and group participation works well. I'm not afraid to ask for support as when I do I receive great advice and tips.

I could not recommend NCCE highly enough! Incredible learning experience so far, I’m just over half way through my Level 5 Early Years Senior Practitioner course. I am lucky with my tutor who marks my work quickly and responds to my questions promptly.

Truly, I only have praise for NCCE and my incredible tutor Eniko. My level 5 Creative Therapeutic Arts course, enabled me to do something I never thought possible. It has completely changed my life. I have now enrolled on Level 6 Advanced Neurodiversity Family Coaching. Online learning has been perfect for someone like me, living in an isolated community with grown up children, stuck in that minimum wage trap. Thank you x

Sam has been an excellent tutor. She is always quick to respond, incredibly helpful, and highly knowledgeable. Her feedback is not only valuable for improving my assignments and tasks, but it also helps me learn and understand the subject more deeply.

Despite her personal and professional commitments, it is clear that Sam is truly dedicated to her role as a tutor. She consistently provides prompt marking and thoughtful guidance. I really appreciate her commitment, support, and expertise.

A fantastic experience studying with NCCE. I was enrolled on the Family Neurodiversity Coaching course and it was a joy from start to end. Well thought out, great mixture of lesrning styles catered for and Sam was also flexible as well.

As our tutor, Sam was endlessly uplifting, honest and had a genuine interest in our work.

Thank you Sam

Well-designed self-led course with clear guidance and flexible pacing. The materials are thorough and thoughtfully laid out, making it easy to stay motivated and progress confidently. Sam & Eniko are supportive tutors, their feedback is prompt, helpful, and encouraging.

Great courses and very attentive with feedback and support.

I would recommend NCCE to everyone who works in education. Tutors are amazing and help you find a different perspective to look from when you hit a learning wall. I really can’t rate them enough. They are very knowledgeable, always there to help and support you through this journey and are great at taking your stress away.

I have just completed the Lego Therapy course with NCCE and had an excellent experience. The course has helped me so much and I’m now implementing Lego Therapy sessions in my school. I can already see the difference it’s making for the children. Thank you so much for everything!

I’m doing the Therapeutic Play Coaching course. I’m really enjoying the interactive learning online which I can access anywhere. The activity planning that I get to do with the children at school is really useful and I’m going to use the course to set up a therapeutic play room in the school. Being able to have live lessons with my teacher has been really useful. NCCE has really high expectations of me and everyone, which I found hard to start with but I soon understood why this was so important. Fully recommend NCCE!

I’m on the senior practitioner course. Even though it’s level 5 I bought Sam’s EYE book and it’s really helped me with my coursework. Eniko responds to all my messages super quick like lightening! She even offers sessions when I get into a panic! I overthink things but she always make me feel better. I studied my L3 somewhere else but I’m so glad I chose NCCE do my L5. I’d never go anywhere else!

I enrolled with NCCE for the CACHE Level 3 Early Years Educator course and also paid for three members of staff to take it. Unfortunately, our experience was extremely poor.

Support felt minimal throughout. Feedback often came across as defensive, and marking was frequently nit-picky and overzealous. I was repeatedly asked to rewrite succinct, perfectly adequate explanations into lengthy over-explanations that didn’t meaningfully improve the work.
As others have said in their reviews - this qualification has been made disproportionately difficult; I'm not sure how qualified the tutors are.

I was also falsely accused of using AI. Even after I provided evidence to disprove this, it was repeatedly referenced later to deflect away from the formal complaint I had to launch.

Whilst I received one email to check in, none of my colleagues received any at all - NCCE seem very happy to take your fees, and give the bare minimum back. Support is meant to be proactive.

When I asked to switch tutors, that email was immediately forwarded to my tutor, who sent a fairly aggressive response. I found this deeply unprofessional.

The biggest issue was the submission system. Submissions were restricted to weekdays only, with the portal closed at weekends, for bank holiday periods (extended to 4 days every bank holiday), for a whole month over Christmas, and for two weeks in summer. Given that most distance learners work full time, this created unnecessary barriers. The organisation said these rules were agreed by a learner vote, but this was apparently conducted on a private Facebook group and they refused to provide any evidence.

After more than three years, none of the four of us completed. When I requested a partial refund to reflect the limited progress made (two never made it past Module 1, the other 2 not past Module 3 - of 8 Modules. ie. the provider had provided very little in terms of service or expenditure), this was refused and my enrolment was aggressively cancelled in a way that did not reflect what I had requested.

They refused to follow their own complaints policy and their responses to my formal complaint (written entirely reasonably) was bitter, aggressive and deeply unprofessional.

I cannot recommend this provider, there are several other providers that are the same price or lower; go and find those instead. You may even be able to complete the qualification.

I'm anticipating a reply to this review with plenty of defensiveness; I'm sure they'll claim that I was the problem. That doesn't explain why all 4 of us didn't make it through.

I am about half way through the 12 week launchpad course. Specialising in neurodiversity family coaching. It is a mix of live lessons and coursework. Sam is a fantastic and extremely knowledgeable tutor. I am really enjoying the course so far.

I am using the Launchpad course to complete my Child and Young persons Therapeutic Training. The live sessions are engaging and the opportunity to share and reflect in person is invaluable. It has bought the course to life and the workload is manageable with access to all the resources as you progress. The online sessions have created a community which is supportive and the shared knowledge is incredible.

I have recently completed the NCFE CACHE Level 5 Diploma for the Senior Early Years Practitioner through the National College for Care and Education.

My experience with the college has been both amazing and life-changing. From someone with little self-confidence and a huge fear of failure, with the fantastic support from NCCE, I have achieved something I never thought possible!

I must say a massive and heartfelt thank you to my tutor, Eniko. Eniko was the driving force behind my achievement. Without Eniko's unwavering support, knowledge, and expert feedback, I don't think I would have gotten through the diploma. So once again, thank you so much, Eniko!

Completing the diploma has made me feel more confident and knowledgeable in my role as a SEND Early Years Practitioner. It has even made me consider continuing my studies onto Level 6!

I would encourage anyone considering further study in early years education to look into the National College for Care and Education. They offer a variety of payment options to make it easier to access courses.

What a wonderful team you are at NCCE!