Nursery World - Aspect wants answers from MPs on EYPS

Politicians from the major political parties have been urged to confirm their commitment to the Early Years Professional Status qualification by Aspect, the children's services union.

Aspect has written to MPs Ed Balls, Tim Loughton and Annette Brooke asking them to set out how they will maintain and develop the EYP programme and whether they will make it a statutory requirement for every setting to have an EYP. The letter asks whether the politicians are committed to working with the children's workforce to develop career paths and boost salaries for EYPs, and how they plan to deliver parity between Qualified Teacher Status and EYPS in terms of remuneration, status and public awareness.

The letter says, 'The EYPS project has been successful in both bringing a new cadre of graduate professionals into the sector, and in providing development routes and recognition for experienced professionals already within the sector.'

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