Entrants will need to have at least a Grade C GCSE in English and Maths.
Training providers will also be expected to include ‘a high proportion of practical work experience’ in their courses, usually only with good or outstanding providers.
The criteria for the minimum level of knowledge for the new Early Years Educator qualification has been put online for consultation today on the Department for Education’s website.
Education and childcare minister Liz Truss has asked the Teaching Agency to consult on new, tougher full and relevant criteria to underpin the new Level 3 Early Years Educator qualifications, which will be introduced in September 2014.
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