A leading group of employers are at loggerheads with the Government over equivalents to GCSEs for early years qualifications.
The trailblazer group resubmitted the Level 3 early years apprenticeship standard on Tuesday asking for ‘all reasonable equivalents’ to be accepted as alternatives to GCSEs.
This is despite the Department for Education (DfE) already making it clear that it will not accept the equivalents asked for. Childcare minister Sam Gyimah told delegates at Nursery World’s business summit that the Government had no plans to change GCSE requirements further. These are currently a minimum grade C in maths and English for Level 3 Early Years Educator courses.
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