Training Today: Level 3 - Ts and 3s
Early years Level 3 and T-Level training was already in flux. How has Covid affected their delivery,...
Level 3 Early Years Educator
We take a look at the latest on the Level 3 qualification, including apprenticeships, recruitment and the Government's consultation on the GCSE rules.
Parents 'will be turned away' due to Level 3 staffing crisis
While recruiting Level 3-qualified staff has been an issue for several years, settings have told...
Government launches drive to attract T-Level students
The Government has launched a new advertising campaign, website and action plan on T-Levels, ahead...
Nurseries in Wales struggling to recruit Level 3 staff
More than two-thirds of nurseries in Wales have had difficulties recruiting Level 3 qualified staff,...
T-level funding 'better' than for EYE courses
The Government will spend more than £10,000 on each childcare T- level in a bid to boost the numbers...
Guide to: Level 3 apprenticeship standard
The sector’s first-ever Early Years Educator apprenticeship standard, at Level 3, has finally...
Training - The new Level 3 apprenticeship
After five years of delays, the new Level 3 early years apprenticeship standard is finally here. So...
Training: Exclusive - The end of an era for EYE?
T-levels – the Level 3 programmes of study that will come in from 2020 – look set to replace the...
EXCLUSIVE: Early Years Educator course funding faces axe
Funding for some Early Years Educator courses is set to disappear once T-levels come in, Nursery...
Guide to: T-levels
Will the new T-levels be a bed of roses or a bumpy road? Hannah Crown gives the lowdown on the new...
Nursery Management: Skills: Exclusive - Go ahead for Level 3
Four years after the first employer ‘trailblazer’ group was formed, the new Level 3 apprenticeship...
Functional Skills 'will be accepted' on current apprenticeship framework
An apprenticeship body has confirmed that Functional Skills will be accepted on the current early...
GCSEs U-turn praised, but questions remain
The sector has welcomed the early years minister Caroline Dinenage’s decision to reinstate...
GCSE Level 3 rules scrapped as Early Years Workforce Strategy is released
Functional skills will be reinstated as alternatives to GCSEs in English and maths for Level 3...
Level 3 consultation generates huge response
A consultation on literacy and numeracy qualification requirements for Level 3, due to close today,...
Ministers give ‘biggest hints yet’ of GCSEs U-turn
Students in all sectors should have an alternative qualification to GCSEs, Robert Halfon said...
DfE consults sector on GCSE rules in wake of protest
The Department for Education has finally responded to vocal concerns from the sector about the need...
Early years minister tells sector 'exam grades not only proof of quality'
More than 1,500 people have responded to the Department for Education’s consultation on level 3...
DfE consults on Level 3 skills requirements
The sector is urged to respond to a new consultation on the Level 3 literacy and numeracy...
Apprentice funding cuts ‘hit poor’
The young poor are bearing the brunt of apprenticeship funding cuts, early years training providers...
Final apprenticeships funding rates: Cuts of up to a third overall
Plans to slash funding for early years apprentices have been upheld by the Government, despite an...
Funding reforms ‘will result in fewer EY apprentices’
Sector leaders are urging the Department for Education (DfE) to delay finalising its proposed...
Nursery workers leaving over GCSEs, finds survey
Nursery fees are going up, vacancies are going unfilled for months at a time and staff are leaving...
LEYF warns 30 hours and apprentice levy to hit growth
One of the UK’s largest nursery groups has received £1.5m worth of investment funding to expand its...
Clash over GCSE equivalents
A leading group of employers are at loggerheads with the Government over equivalents to GCSEs for...
Functional skills tests are a joke!
As students receive their GCSE results, Ross Midgley, managing director of PBD Early Years Training,...
Government abandons GCSE rules for Early Years Teachers
Early Years Teachers will no longer need GCSE English and Maths at grade C and above to count in...
GCSE rules scrapped for standalone Level 3 EYEs
The requirement for those taking standalone Level 3 Early Years Educator courses to have GCSE...
Sector wins review of GCSE equivalents
The Government has decided to review rules on GCSE equivalents after it emerged that they may...
New graduates with GCSE equivalent won't count in ratios
Future childcare graduates with a standard GCSE 'equivalent' will not be able to count in ratios...
Employers set to lose 'just' 20% of apprentice funding over failed GCSEs
Full funding for an Early Years Educator course will not be withdrawn if the apprentice fails to...
Government U turns over apprentice GCSEs
Apprentices have been handed a lifeline after the Government climbed down over GCSE rules yesterday.
NCTL gets it wrong on GCSE rules for level 3
Confusion about qualifications in the early years workforce has been compounded after education...
Unsure about GCSE requirements for the new level 3 courses?
There is still a great deal of confusion about GCSE entry requirements for EYE courses, and...
New degree-level apprenticeship standards on the way
A raft of high level apprenticeship standards covering leadership, quality improvement, equality and...
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