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Early years T-Level 'will give licence to practice'

The DfE has confirmed that the early years T-Level will provide students with a licence to practice upon completion.

It follows concerns from awarding bodies and sector organisations that the Education and Childcare T-Level with the early years specialism, coming in from 2020, won’t equip students with a licence to practice.

Responding to a Parliamentary question tabled by the shadow early years minister Tracy Brabin about whether upon completion of the T-Level, students will count towards Level 3 ratios in an early years setting, the skills and apprenticeships minister Anne Milton confirmed they will.

Ms Milton said, ‘Students who have completed the early years T-Level will count towards an early years settings Level 3 ratio. When developing the T-Level, we will make sure that it aligns to the early years criteria which will allow a practitioner to be included in the ratios.’

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