The three-year pilot — run by the Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) — will see 60 graduates who have achieved at least a 2:1 degree, train for two years, gaining Early Years Professional Status and a Masters qualification.
The same programme was launched by the CWDC in February, based on the Teach First programme, which attracts top graduates into teaching. It was called Early Years First. But a general election was called before CWDC had contracted anyone to deliver the scheme – originally due to start in autumn.
The rebadged scheme will be delivered by Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent, beginning in November with 30 graduates. A further 30 graduates will be recruited in autumn 2011.
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