There are hopes within the sector that proposals to remove the maths requirement for Level 3 practitioners will reverse the decline in qualified staff.
Nursery World spoke to nurseries, organisations and training providers for their thoughts on the proposed changes to the EYFS, currently out for consultation by the Department for Education (DfE), and the potential impact they could have if given the go-ahead.
The consultation closes on 26 July.
One proposal is to remove the requirement for Level 3 practitioners to hold a GCSE maths qualification, or equivalent, to count within staff to child ratios.
Instead, the requirement would be placed on managers, applying to anyone entering a manager role or moving to another managerial role.
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