NC030 Early Childhood Education and Care at NCI: CAO points 2026
NC030 is a level 8 honours degree at National College of Ireland (NCI) in Dublin, and the CAO files it under education. The CAO has published a round one points figure for it in 3 of the 7 admission years held here, from 2021 onwards.
It has moved between 212 and 251 across the years held here, closing at 228 in 2025.
2025 round one
Work out your points and this page will show where your total sits against this course.
Year by year
Round one is the figure most people mean by the points. Round two is what was left after the first offers went out, so it is usually lower and it is not a cut off for the year.
| Year | Round one | Round two | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | – | – | |
| 2021 | 251 | 251 | |
| 2022 | 212 | 212 | |
| 2023 | – | 208 | Everyone who qualified was offered a place |
| 2024 | – | – | Everyone who qualified was offered a place |
| 2025 | 228 | 209 | |
| 2026 | AQA | AQA | Round 1: Everyone who qualified was offered a place |
A dash means no comparable figure is shown for that round. It does not mean the course did not run or that no later offer is possible. Figures are read from the CAO’s published points charts. AQA means all qualified applicants were offered places. * means not all applicants on that score were offered places in that round. # marks a test, interview, portfolio or audition; v marks a new competition for available places.
How it moved
Each row is one year against the year before. Left is a fall, which is the year the course took fewer points than the last one.
fell, so it took fewer pointsrose, so it took more
- 2021 → 2022-39
- 2022 → 2025+16
- Highest
- 251
- in 2021
- Lowest
- 212
- in 2022
- Widest move
- 39
- points, in one year
- Places drawn at random
- 0 of 3
- never, here
Comparable numeric Round 1 and Round 2 figures are held for 3 of the 3 years held here. Round 2 was lower in 1 of them, by at most 19 points. Marked new competitions are excluded. This history does not predict a later offer.
Entry requirements
Points are only half of an offer. The subject requirements for this course are set by National College of Ireland (NCI) and are not published in the CAO’s points charts, so they are not on this page and nothing here should be read as saying you qualify. Check them on the institution’s own course page, and on cao.ie (opens in a new tab), before you put this on your form.
Find this course at NCITheir own course list, where the entry requirements and what it teaches are set out (opens in a new tab)Close to this
Other places teaching Early Childhood Education and Care, then more at National College of Ireland (NCI).
- Early Childhood Education and CareAU491Atlantic Technological University185
- Early Childhood Education and CareAU695Atlantic Technological University306
- Early Childhood Education and CareCR620Cork Institute of Technology–
- Early Childhood Education and CareGA864Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology–
- Early Childhood Education and CareGA871Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology–
- Early Childhood Education and CareGA890Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology–
- Early Childhood Education and CareLC393Limerick Institute of Technology–
- Early Childhood Education and CareMT571Munster Technological University222
Where to go next
- Every college teaching Early Childhood Education and Care, side by side with what each one took.
- What 220 points reached in 2026, which is the band this course sits in.
- Course Matcher, which takes your total and narrows the whole list down.