Both Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Sunderland have had their 2017-18 EYT allocations withdrawn as a result.
However, both universities told Nursery World that they were not planning to continue to run the EYITT programme before the Ofsted ruling. Neither university ran the course last year either.
A spokeswoman for the University of Sunderland, which had run three routes to Early Years Teacher Status for two years, said, ‘We were not surprised by the Ofsted judgement. Though disappointing, the challenges presented by moving from Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) to Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS) were a contributory factor, particularly the difficulty our students with the new qualification had in gaining graduate-level employment.’
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