Professor Cathy Nutbrown’s final report into early education and childcare qualifications concluded that a Level 2 qualification is not “sufficient to equip a practitioner for work in the early years”.
She has therefore recommended that by September 2022, all staff working within the Early Years Foundation Stage framework should be qualified to a minimum of Level 3.
Foundations for Quality also calls upon Level 3 qualifications to be strengthened to include more on child development and play; special educational needs and disability; inclusivity and diversity, and a focus on the birth to seven age range.
To help with the transition to the 2022 goal, Nutbrown recommends that from September 2013, 50 per cent of staff in group settings will need to possess at least a Level 3 qualification, and from September 2015 this should increase to 70 per cent.
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