The campaign to drive up standards in the early years sector is continuing apace despite the financial difficulties facing providers due to the recession.
While strategic initiatives have been amended in other policy areas in response to the worsening economic climate, the Government is committed to achieving its vision of an early years profession of well-qualified staff, led by specialist graduates, to improve outcomes for future generations.
To reach this goal, a major programme is underway to rationalise qualifications and ensure they equip the workforce to deliver the new Early Years Foundation Stage effectively.
Pauline Jones, senior programme manager for early years at the Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC), says, 'As the sector skills council for the children's workforce, which includes the early years, the CWDC has to ensure that the new qualifications and credit framework (QCF) is populated with appropriate qualifications for our workforce.
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