The Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification (EYE) will be reviewed by the national education awarding organisation NCFE in the summer.
A new level 3 qualification is to be developed by the Children's Workforce Development Council, while others will be phased out, it was revealed last week.
The decision to change the way SATS are carried out at Key Stage 1 in England's primary schools is good news for Foundation Stage practitioners. Greater emphasis on teacher assessment of pupils rather...
A university with campuses in London and Reading is to withdraw its level 3 Diploma in Childcare and Education from September in a move it blames on 'falling demand'.
The call by Alan Bentley, chairman of nursery group Childcare Corporation, for the private nursery sector to form a new trade association to represent its interests may seem to have come out of the...
Hot on the heels of Ofsted's annual report into early years provision comes its proposed changes to the sector's inspection process (see News, page 4). These represent a fairly comprehensive revamp of...
Some students studying distance learning courses in childcare believing that they will lead to full Level 3 qualifications, are discovering the courses are not considered as full and relevant...
1.5bn a year is a huge sum of money, and Gordon Brown's doubling of the childcare budget in last week's spending review is probably more than most interested parties had dreamed of (see News, page 4,...
Childcare Level 3 qualifications are among 400 fully-funded courses for adults that the Government is making available for free from April 2021.
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