Nursery World - Guide to EYE: Part 2

Play and understanding child development at 5-7 are areas that have
been seized on by the awarding bodies in designing the new Early Years
Educator qualifications. Gabriella Jozwiak reports.

The latest drive to raise standards in childcare produced its first tangible results in the form of the official Early Years Educator (EYE) qualifications criteria. Published by the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) in July 2013, they heralded the start of a new push to raise the workforce standards norm to Level 3, as conceived by Professor Cathy Nutbrown in her 2012 report.

Since then, awarding bodies have been busily designing courses. Pearson, CACHE and City & Guilds have all gained approval from both NCTL and qualifications regulator Ofqual - both of which are required for any qualification that includes 'EYE' in its title. Montessori Centre International (MCI) has also released details of a qualification approved by NCTL, but is awaiting sign-off from Ofqual (see box).

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