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How do candidates gain an APEL certificate? Maureen Smith and Yvonne Nolan explain how to get on this fast-track route You may by now have heard about the new APEL qualification, which offers experienced childcare workers, early years practitioners and playworkers a fast-track route to a Level 3 qualification. The Level 3 Certificate in work with children (Early Years or Playwork) provides a suitable Accreditation of Prior Experience and Learning - APEL for short.

You may by now have heard about the new APEL qualification, which offers experienced childcare workers, early years practitioners and playworkers a fast-track route to a Level 3 qualification. The Level 3 Certificate in work with children (Early Years or Playwork) provides a suitable Accreditation of Prior Experience and Learning - APEL for short.

Listed on the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority national qualifications framework at Level 3, APEL is for experienced early years practitioners working at Level 3, but without a relevant qualification, or who gained qualifications before the Children Act 1989. Most people in this position are supervisors or leaders of settings or parts of settings.

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