The Children's Workforce Development Council has confirmed that since the programme started in 2006, 7,316 early years practitioners have achieved Early Years Professional Status.
Training company Best Practice Network has now trained 576 EYPs and has 153 currently in training. The company's 500th EYP is nursery owner Sharon Colliers, who runs Fun4Tots nursery in Ossett, Wakefield.
Ms Colliers acquired the nursery seven years ago. A civil servant for 28 years, she continues to work part-time for the Department for Work and Pensions in Leeds as a policy manager. She is also a qualified trainer. Initially, she studied a foundation degree in early years.
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