Children's minister Sarah Teather was given a briefing paper at the National Day Nursery Association's recent annual conference in Leeds, representing the views of nursery chains, which between them employ about 16,000 staff. The paper outlines key concerns about the diploma, and calls for a new specialist early years qualification to be developed and given official status and funding.
It argues that the CYPW diploma is 'inadequate for many reasons', including the absence of specific content relating to play and child development from birth to five. Employers also believe that the qualification is at odds with the recommendations in the Tickell Review of the EYFS, which stresses the importance of a specialist qualification with child development at its core.
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