Nursery World - Nursery Management: Apprenticeships

Hannah Crown and Katy Morton speak to the chair of the education and childcare route panel, Mary Isherwood, about the progress of apprenticeship standards currently being developed at Levels 2, 5 and 6

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Talk us through the process of approving an apprenticeship standard.

The trailblazers work with the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education to develop a standard. It is then reviewed by institute officials who will either approve the standard to continue to the next stage or may send it back for changes.

Then the childcare and education route panel, a group of employers and industry experts which I chair, review the standard. Finally, it is reviewed by the institute’s board. Once approved, it can be published for delivery.

What factors do you take into consideration when you are approving standards and assessment plans?

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