Access to HE Diploma (Midwifery)

If you are weighing up the entry route, our full guide covers how the Access to Midwifery route works, from typical entry points to what universities actually ask for.

\nYou will study 60 credits covering human reproductive biology, antenatal and postnatal care, maternal health, safeguarding, pharmacology, public health, psychology, and the ethics of midwifery practice. Every unit is designed to prepare you for the academic and clinical demands of a three-year Midwifery BSc.

Studied 100% online over 12 months, with no exams. Assessment is through essays, case studies, reflective pieces, and a final research project. You earn up to 144 UCAS points. Your tutor provides written feedback within 2 working days on every piece of work.

Registered Midwives enter the NHS at Band 5 (£32,073 starting salary), with progression through Band 6 community midwife, Band 7 specialist, and Band 8 consultant midwife roles. The profession offers flexibility, clinical depth, and a direct and profound connection to the families you serve. When your university interview is booked, our worked answers to typical midwifery interview questions shows how the values based prompts are usually structured.

You earn up to 144 UCAS points. Most midwifery BSc programmes ask for 112 to 144 points, Distinctions across your 45 graded credits earns the maximum 144. The diploma typically needs to include evidence of biological science study to meet UCAS entry conditions.

Start anytime. Study around your work and family. If midwifery is the career you have been working toward, the Access to HE Diploma (Midwifery) is the path that gets you there.

\nFor more on the career journey, read our step-by-step guide to becoming a midwife, see how Access to HE for social work, midwifery and paramedic science compare, or check the GCSE-standard entry route via Functional Skills Level 2 courses.