The one-page consultation, which ends on Wednesday (17 May), is seeking employers’ views on what should be included in the new Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship standard.
It is the first major output from the trailblazer group, led by nursery chain Busy Bees, which took over after the original group was sacked in February.
Early years consultant Penny Tassoni called it a ‘huge disappointment – bordering on a joke’. She said, ‘There is no requirement to identify oneself, put an email address or even a job role. There are five questions – simple at best and nowhere to put a comment or a suggestion. I don’t know how this can be seen as a proper consultation. It is also possible to fill it in several times, so could be open to manipulation.’
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