An official at the National College for Teaching and Leadership made an ‘error’ when asked for definitive statements on GCSE requirements for Early Years Educator (EYE) level 3 qualifications by Nursery World.
The advice from NCTL, the body responsible for improving quality in the early years workforce, contradicts statements from another official at NCTL given to awarding body Cache.
An NCTL official amended a Nursery World qualifications guide to read, ‘From September 2016, learners aged 16-19 will also require GCSE A*-C in maths and English on entry to an Early Years Educator course if their course is publicly funded.’
However, according to the Department for Education, which has since checked the information, this is wrong.
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