The Department for Education has awarded the tender to deliver early years training to the Education Development Trust in partnership with Elklan, as part of the £20m Early Years Professional Development Fund, first announced last year.
From January they will train more than 3,000 early years practitioners across 53 local authorities in around 1,500 schools and PVI settings to support children’s early language, literacy and numeracy skills.
Announcing the plans exclusively in Nursery World, Mr Zahawi said, ‘We will provide training for 3,000 early years practitioners. We hope to reach 60,000 children focusing on the most disadvantaged areas.’
He said the training was about ‘upskilling, making sure they have the skill set to support children’s early language and literacy skills'.
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