Early Years Teacher status is awarded to graduates who have undertaken early years initial teacher training (ITT) and have been judged to have met all of the teachers’ standards (early years) in practice from birth to five years old. The teachers’ standards (early years) support the training, assessment and award of Early Years Teacher status.
Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS) is intended to be seen as equivalent to qualified teacher status (QTS) as entry requirements to early years ITT are the same as those for entry to primary ITT.
In a recent speech, education and childcare minister Elizabeth Truss said that in September 2013, more than 2,300 trainees were recruited to become Early Years Teachers, representing a 25 per cent increase on the last cohort of Early Years Professionals, which the new status has superseded.
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