Early years employers and training organisations have had a mixed reaction to the Government's announcement that it is looking at requiring all childcare staff by law to hold the minimum of a level 3 qualification by 2015.
The proposal came in the publication of Next Steps for Early Learning and Childcare: Building on the Ten-Year Strategy, marking the halfway point in the Government's programme to transform the early years sector.
It commits the Department for Children, Schools and Families to working with the sector to 'ensure that everyone working in early years provision has a full and relevant qualification of at least level three (equivalent to A-Level) and consider making this a legal requirement from 2015.'
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