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Level 5 Extended Diploma · Diploma
Level 5 Extended Diploma in Education and Training Management
Written for trainers and further education staff rather than schoolteachers, and Qualifi says so itself. Twelve subjects run from designing resources and engaging learners through to educational leadership. Stop partway and a Level 4 award may still be granted.
Quick Highlights
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Ofqual, on the RQF
240 at Level 5
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Further education and training, not schools
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Programme at a Glance
Official titleQualifi Level 5 Extended Diploma in Education and Training Management
Qualification number610/3648/1 on the Regulated Qualifications Framework
Size240 credits at Level 5
SubjectsEd & Training Fundamentals · Resource Design · Engaging Learners · Work Plan Dev · Programme Evaluation · Reflective Practice I · Applied Theories · Lifelong Learning · Resource Mgmt · Operational Plans · Educational Leadership · Reflective Practice II
How it appears to be builtQualifi describes the award as a Level 4 Education & Training Diploma plus Level 5 units, pairing subjects with work planning and reflective practice appearing twice. Treat as how it reads, not an official split.
**What it is not**Not a route to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or ITT. Qualifi publishes nothing about QTS or teacher registration; its audience is FE/training sector. School teaching requires alternative pathways.
Note: Duration will be based on your experience and it can be advanced bachelors too which differs from prospects to prospects
Programme Overview
About this Programme
Plenty of people teach without ever having been taught how. A technician shows apprentices the job, an experienced nurse runs the ward's training, a specialist is handed a room of new starters. They manage, mostly, and they would do it considerably better with some grounding in how learning actually works.
Qualifi is precise about who this serves: the knowledge and skills required by teachers and trainers in the further education and training skills sector. That phrase matters, and the page states it directly. The content follows — theories and models of learning, communication and assessment; planning and delivering inclusive teaching; using initial and diagnostic assessment to agree goals with individual learners; keeping a learning environment safe and inclusive.
Twelve subjects run from the fundamentals of education and training, resource design, engaging learners and work planning, through to applied theories, lifelong learning, resource management and the principles of educational leadership and management. The award is 240 credits under number 610/3648/1, and Qualifi publishes a partial-completion provision worth knowing about.
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Why Choose
Why Choose This Programme?
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A clearly stated audience
Qualifi names the further education and training skills sector outright, so you know who it was written for.
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A partial-completion provision
Complete all the Level 4 units and a Level 4 qualification may still be awarded if you go no further.
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Assessment taught properly
Initial and diagnostic assessment, agreeing individual learning goals, and assessing learning all feature.
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Inclusive teaching throughout
Planning and delivering inclusive teaching, and keeping the environment safe and inclusive, are explicit.
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Reflective practice twice
It appears at both stages, which is how reflective habits are actually built rather than mentioned once.
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Leadership at the far end
Principles of educational leadership and management closes the programme for those moving into running provision.
An internationally recognised pathway awarded by Qualifi.
What You'll Learn
Learning Outcomes
Understand theories, principles and models of learning, communication, assessment, curriculum development and evaluation
Apply those theories and models to your own teaching practice
Understand roles, responsibilities and relationships in education and training
Use initial and diagnostic assessment to agree individual learning goals with learners
Plan and deliver inclusive teaching, and assess learning
Create and maintain a safe, inclusive teaching and learning environment
Understand professionalism, professional values and the policy context of education and training
Understand accountability to stakeholders and external bodies, and contribute to quality improvement and assurance
Career Opportunities
Where This Degree Can Take You
A Qualifi Level 6 Diploma in related areas
A bachelor's degree final year, where the university accepts the application
Employment in an associated profession
Programme Structure
Your Journey, Year by Year
A structured curriculum that builds from foundations through to advanced study.
Part 1 — Fundamentals
The groundwork of teaching and training.
- Fundamentals of Education and Training
- Design of Education and Training Resources
- Engaging Learners
- Developing a Work Plan
Part 2 — Evaluation and practice
Judging whether it worked, and improving how you work.
- Programme Evaluation in Education and Training
- Professional Development and Reflective Practice
- Applied Theories and Principles of Education and Training
- Lifelong Learning
Part 3 — Managing provision
Resources, planning and leadership.
- Resource Management in Education
- Developing and Evaluating Operational Work Plans
- Principles of Educational Leadership and Management
- Reflective Practice and Professional Development
- 240 credits
- Certificated by Qualifi
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Why Study Through Maverick?
Students receive:
Centre reviews the application and support needs
Support designed to help you succeed at every stage.
Partial-completion provision at Level 4
Support designed to help you succeed at every stage.
Teaching from an approved centre
Support designed to help you succeed at every stage.
Reflective practice built into both stages
Support designed to help you succeed at every stage.
Qualifi certification
Support designed to help you succeed at every stage.
Centre-set timetable
Support designed to help you succeed at every stage.
Why Gulf Trainers Take This Route
Technical trainers need pedagogy
Vocational and technical instructors across the region often have deep subject knowledge and no teaching grounding.
Private colleges are growing
Independent further education providers in the region recruit staff who can both teach and help run provision.
Quality assurance expectations
Regional accreditation bodies increasingly expect documented quality processes, which this programme addresses.
Not for school teaching
This does not qualify anyone to teach in schools. Check your country's requirements for that separately.
Confirm the price locally
Qualifi publishes no fee. Approved centres in each country set their own.
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Faculty Voice
Insights From Industry Experts
Real-world perspectives from the minds shaping global business education
Germany
Faculty Insight • 01
Prof. Alexander Schmidt
Alexander is a leader in AI and cloud integration, specializing in ethical AI strategy and financial services. He develops courses on Machine Learning, NLP, and AI ethics, driving tech business growth.
British
Faculty Insight • 02
Prof. Dr. David Mark Holliman
Dr. David Holliman, an educator with 15+ years of experience, is Chairman of Holliman Holdings, managing business operations in tourism, trading, asset management, and education
Jordan
Faculty Insight • 03
Prof. Dr. Othman Abu Khurma
Dr. Othman Abu Khurma, a passionate science educator with 18 years' experience in Jordan and the GCC, excels in designing engaging teaching materials, fostering dynamic discussions, enhancing learning for educators and students.
Switzerland
Faculty Insight • 04
Prof. Steve Alban Tineo
Prof. Steve, a global leader and entrepreneur with 20+ years of experience, delivers corporate training and academic courses on negotiation, conflict resolution, mediation, and cross-cultural communication.
slovakia
Faculty Insight • 05
Prof. Veronika Knight
Veronika Knight delivers practical, human-centered learning experiences for corporate teams across the UAE and GCC. Her approach focuses on developing soft skills and encouraging meaningful behavioural change, helping learners apply their knowledge with confidence in the workplace.
Canada
Faculty Insight • 06
Shyma Mohaisen
Shyma brings over 10 years of teaching experience and a background at Microsoft, combining academic expertise with practical industry insights to support learners’ professional growth.
India
Faculty Insight • 07
Prof. Dr. Shanmugan Joghee
Dr. Shanmugan brings over 26 years of experience in management education and research across India and the UAE, with expertise in marketing, international business, research methods, and digital transformation.
Ukrainian
Faculty Insight • 08
Prof. Yana Nikitina
Prof. Yana Nikitina is an accomplished economist, lecturer, and researcher with a PhD in Economics and a Master’s in Education Leadership. She brings extensive experience in teaching Economics, Finance, Accounting, and Business, with a strong commitment to student-centred learning, research excellence, and professional development.
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Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I teach in a school with this?
No. Qualified Teacher Status is awarded through a separate route with its own training and assessment, and Qualifi publishes nothing about QTS, teacher registration or any licence to teach. Its own description points at teachers and trainers in the further education and training skills sector. If schools are your goal, this is the wrong qualification and you should look at initial teacher training instead.
Who is it genuinely useful for, then?
People who teach adults and young adults outside the school system. Corporate trainers, workplace assessors, college tutors, technical instructors, apprenticeship trainers, anyone running professional development in an organisation. It is particularly well suited to someone who already knows their subject thoroughly and has been handed teaching responsibility without ever being shown how learning is planned, delivered and assessed.
What happens if I do not finish the whole thing?
The provision on Qualifi's page reads that anyone falling short of the full extended award may be granted the Level 4 qualification, provided every Level 4 unit has been finished. Note the word may — it is weaker than a promise, and we are not going to strengthen it. If this provision matters to your decision, raise it with your centre before enrolling and ask them to confirm exactly how it is applied.
Do I need a Level 4 qualification first?
Qualifi envisages that learners entering at Level 5 will hold one, which is softer than requiring it. Alongside that, you need to be at least eighteen, show English at IELTS 6 or an equivalent Qualifi recognises, assuming English is not your mother tongue, and line up two referees, ideally including one from education. The centre also has to satisfy itself that you can handle the programme, so experience can form part of the conversation.
Two subjects look almost identical. Is that a mistake?
Professional Development and Reflective Practice appears at one stage and Reflective Practice and Professional Development at the other, which is the same two phrases reversed. Reading the award as the Level 4 diploma combined with Level 5 units, these are almost certainly the same theme revisited at greater depth. Qualifi does not state that explicitly, so ask your centre how the two differ in practice.
Does it cover managing a department, or only teaching?
Both, towards the end. Resource management in education, developing and evaluating operational work plans, and principles of educational leadership and management all sit in the later part of the programme. That makes it useful for someone moving from delivering training to running the function that delivers it. The management content is an addition to the teaching content, not a replacement for it.
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