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Pre-school practice qualifications: Work and play

Find out what the courses leading to three new qualifications for childcarers involve, as Mary Evans talks to one of the first students

Find out what the courses leading to three new qualifications for childcarers involve, as Mary Evans talks to one of the first students

When the country's pre-schools stopped for the summer holidays it provided a welcome break for the dedicated staff who have been juggling with work and study for the new certificate and diploma in pre-school practice.

The qualifications, which have been launched as a joint initiative between the Pre-school Learning Alliance and CACHE, the Council for Awards in Children's Care and Education, both involve four units covering a total of 240 hours tuition and learning plus a total of at least 150 hours work in a pre-school setting.

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