Nursery World - Interim framework agreed for apprenticeships before new standards next year

An interim framework has been agreed for early years
apprenticeships to bridge the gap between the end of the current
arrangements and the introduction next year of the new standards for
early years apprenticeships.

Ministers have agreed to fund Skills for Care and Development to develop an interim framework to include Early Years Educator (EYE) qualifications, but have set a requirement that this should contain a new GCSE entry requirement in maths and English.

However, this is at odds with the existing framework, which by law requires all Level 3 apprentices to have achieved Level 2 functional skills, or equivalent, in maths and English by the end of their apprenticeship.

The existing framework - part of the Apprentice Skills Children and Learning Act/the Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for England (SASE) - predates the EYE qualification and consequently needs to be adapted, so that there is funding for EYE until the new employer-led standard is approved early next year.

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