Functional skills will be reinstated as alternatives to GCSEs in English and maths for Level 3 qualifications, the early years minister Caroline Dinenage confirmed today.
SPRITO communications officer Julia Richards writes: A new qualification that recognises extensive practical playwork and early years experience is on the way. Following the introduction of the...
Finding sufficient high-quality childcare to expand free early education to all disadvantaged two-year-olds by 2013 could be problematic, research suggests.
The awards body CACHE has confirmed that its Level 3 Extended Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce will be available for registration from 1 September, but it is still in negotiation...
Nikki Fairchild describes how this month's learning journeys have been thought provoking and stimulating for candidates across the four pathways. Meanwhile the university gets ready to welcome its...
Winner: Red Hen Day Nursery, Louth, Lincolnshire
The largest study unit in the Level 3 Diploma sounds daunting, but is highly valuable in theory and practice, says Mary Evans.
The Level 3 apprenticeship was finally approved in spring 2019. Charlotte Goddard tracks the first cohort of apprentices to find out what they, and their early years employers, make of the new...
The Level 3 Early Years Educator course is one of 400 free qualifications on offer, in the Government’s attempt to boost skills and jobs, as the country recovers from the pandemic.