Nursery World - CWDC recommends future direction for early years

The Children's Workforce Development Council has re-iterated the need for the Government to maintain its drive for a graduate-led workforce and a baseline Level 3 qualification, as it nears closure. It also makes key recommendations about future support for integrated working.

The CWDC review, published ahead of its closure at the end of the month, is informed by employers, the CWDC Board and members, and experience of its five-year Early Years Programme. It outlines in detail how the DfE, Teaching Agency and other sector leaders should take its work forward. Jane Haywood, outgoing chief executive (pictured) said 'In future other agencies will pick up the baton we have carried and we wish them well'.

The paper states ‘The drive must be maintained for a coherent and simple qualifications structure that parents and employers have confidence in’.

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