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Celebrating apprentices in the early years

3 mins read The Early Years Blog
I love apprentices… especially the LEYF apprentices. They are the next generation of early years teachers and, in my experience, they are amongst some of the best new talent we have across the whole sector.
LEYF says many of its apprentices have gone on to become senior managers. Picture: LEYF
LEYF says many of its apprentices have gone on to become senior managers. Picture: LEYF

At LEYF, many of our senior staff have come through the apprentice route. In fact, our apprentice manager started as an early years apprentice 19 years ago.

Apprentices have a long and respected history. The first law which set out an apprentice’s training and welfare ‘terms and conditions’ was in 1563. Back then, the master could have a maximum of three male apprentices, lasting for two to seven years. Slightly different to the modern early years workforce where a male apprentice is a rare sighting. Although we had a male only apprentice cohort in 2020 and they’re all qualified EY teachers now. 

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