Early Childhood Education and Care points 2025
National College of Ireland (NCI), course code NC030, level 8.
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 |
A dash means no figure was published for that year, usually because the course did not run. Figures are read from the CAO’s published points charts.
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, before you put this on your form.
Close to this
Other places teaching Early Childhood Education and Care, then more at National College of Ireland (NCI).
- Early Childhood Education and CareAtlantic Technological University · AU491163
- Early Childhood Education and CareAtlantic Technological University · AU695303
- Early Childhood Education and CareCork Institute of Technology · CR620–
- Early Childhood Education and CareGalway-Mayo Institute of Technology · GA864–
- Early Childhood Education and CareGalway-Mayo Institute of Technology · GA871–
- Early Childhood Education and CareGalway-Mayo Institute of Technology · GA890–
- Early Childhood Education and CareLimerick Institute of Technology · LC393–
- Early Childhood Education and CareMunster Technological University · MT571254
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 2025, which is the band this course sits in.
- Course Matcher, which takes your total and narrows the whole list down.