Early Years Teacher courses are being scrapped across the country, while some new EYTs are going straight onto qualified teacher courses, a Nursery World investigation has found.
At least 18 EYT-accredited training providers, 16 of which have previously run the courses, have decided not to offer early years initial teacher training (EYITT) this September. These include the University of East London, which is the largest provider of early years courses in the capital.
A spokesman for London Metropolitan University said the course would not run ‘this year or for the foreseeable future’ as ‘there isn’t a high enough demand’.
SCITTELS, a school-led consortium, said it ‘couldn’t get the numbers or quality of candidates to make the course viable’.
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