We write as the president and vice-presidents of Early Education - a charity dedicated to supporting the professional development of practitioners working across the sector to ensure effective early childhood education experiences of the highest quality.
Quality depends to a great extent on the qualifications, skill and experience of practitioners and we are unsure how the proposed criteria for the new Early Years Educator qualifications help us move forward.
'More Great Childcare' purports to respond to Professor Nutbrown's review of early years qualifications, but see Cathy's own analysis of how disappointing the Government's response has been. Yet the introduction to the Early Years Educator criteria document states:
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