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Trailblazing training standards

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Lead for new group developing early years standards shares plans as it bids to debunk “hair or care” ethos

Representatives from 13 nursery providers, including Busy Bees and Birmingham City University, last year put together a “trailblazer group” to design apprenticeship standards to be used to train senior and lead practitioners at Levels 5 and 6. The group was separate to the Early Years Apprenticeship Trailblazer Group established by the Department for Education in March 2014 to review and develop all Early Years Educator (EYE) training standards.

What do the standards cover?

The group’s intentions were to develop the standards for Level 5 and 6 apprenticeship frameworks to provide our childcare practitioners with a total career path from Level 2 up to degree level.

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