Learn to apply theory to real-world settings and grow your confidence with extensive placement experience

Placements are an integral part of the study experience at Norland, preparing you to deal with the real-world scenarios you are likely to face after graduating.

  • You’ll spend 34 weeks on placement gaining practical experience alongside your studies, supported by our dedicated placement team.
  • You’ll complete a minimum of 8 placements in a range of settings, including in nurseries, schools, hospital wards, specialist schools, with families and a 25-hour newborn experience.

In your fourth year, you will complete the Newly Qualified Nanny (NQN) year as a probationary nanny in paid full-time employment with a family arranged and fully supported by our dedicated NQN team. You do not pay fees for the NQN year.

Watch students and staff chat about placements by watching our Norland Unwrapped which explores the hands-on experience students receive.

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For me, my biggest passion was the placements and being able to go to so many different placements and we're now ready for any environment we’re placed into.
Joe, Newly Qualified Nanny Watch Joe and Will's story

You’ll complete your training with extensive practical experience

Icon for Around 35% of your time at Norland is spent on placement

Around 35% of your time at Norland is spent on placement

Icon for Eight different settings and 1,265 placement hours (34 weeks) while you study

Eight different settings and 1,265 placement hours (34 weeks) while you study

Icon for 12-month probationary NQN role arranged and supported by us

12-month probationary NQN role arranged and supported by us

Icon for £26,754 average NQN salary in 2022/23, no tuition fees

£26,754 average NQN salary in 2022/23, no tuition fees

Some of the student placements you’ll have the chance to experience

Daily nanny with a family

An opportunity to work in a family environment as a daily (live-out) nanny.

Residential nanny with a family

You’ll experience working in a family environment as a residential (live-in) nanny.

Hospital

Our students are unique in having the chance to experience working in a busy hospital, with placements offered in the neonatal intensive care unit, maternity, children’s emergency department and paediatric wards.

Nursery

You’ll spend time in an early years day nursery environment.

Primary school

You’ll have the opportunity to experience working in different classroom settings.

Specialised schools

You may have the chance to work in a special educational needs setting and other specialised schools.

Newborn experience

You'll gain 25 hours of additional experience outside of placements with a newborn baby who is 11 weeks or under, supervised by their parent/carer.

I have been meaning to message to say how incredible your student was – a really lovely confident young lady who made the most out of every single opportunity she could including watching a baby being born and cutting the cord!
Hospital placement family

Your Newly Qualified Nanny year

Following the successful completion of three years at Norland and having earned your BA (Hons) degree, you will begin your final module of the Norland diploma. There are no tuition fees to pay in your Newly Qualified Nanny (NQN) year. As an NQN, you will spend 12 months as a probationary nanny in paid full-time employment arranged by the NQN team. This first fully supported position will help you develop your skills and build on what you have learned during your training at Norland, while having a dedicated team on hand. You will continue to be assessed during the NQN year.

The purpose of the NQN year is to enable you to gain confidence and experience as you enter the workplace for the first time as a nanny, while being supported by Norland and your employer. The NQN year ensures that the high standards expected of Norland graduates are maintained in practice. As you approach the end of the NQN year, the Norland Agency will work with you to help you decide on the next steps in your career path.

Successful completion of the NQN year will result in the award of the prestigious Norland diploma and badge, registration with the Norland Agency and access to its jobs database, the professional title ‘Norland Nanny’ or ‘Norlander’, and the lifelong support of Norland.

To find out more about the NQN year, watch our Norland Unwrapped which explores the probationary nanny year via the button below.

Watch Norland Unwrapped on the Newly Qualified Nanny year
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Family placements have reinforced my desire to be a nanny. Spending time with children and their parents within the home environment is such an amazing opportunity. You form such a special relationship with the children during your time there, as well as getting to see children’s different milestones.
Ayeisha, Newly Qualified Nanny Read Ayeisha's story

Students share their Norland stories

"I found out that nannying was a career and that I could be in a family home and I liked the ability to make closer relationships with individual children."

Sophia

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"I love to make a difference in children's lives and Norland allows me to do that."

Lucy

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"I think applying as a mature student was probably one of the best things I could have done."

Genna

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"I just really like the idea of being able to work within a family unit and work together as a team to make the best possible experience for their children."

Harriet

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“My time at Norland so far has been an extraordinary adventure.”

Ike

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“Norland is an investment in yourself.”

Matthew

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"It's a door to so many other doors and opportunities. It's the next step in both my personal journey and my professional journey in being the best person I can be."

Holly

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“Norland doesn’t just make you a nanny, it makes you an amazing early years practitioner.”

Emily

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“Coming to Norland has been the best decision I have made in my life so far”.

Leah

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