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EYP Update: EYPS Case Study - Anita Birtles, Poperinghe Pre School - Giving her best

Pre-school manager Anita Birtles is living proof of the maxim, 'if a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well'. And it's her determination to do the best she can that has taken her from parent volunteer to Early Years Professional.

'I don't think you should ever accept being just good enough, you should always try to be better,' says Mrs Birtles, who leads the Poperinghe Pre-school near Reading. 'I didn't think being a level 3, the minimum for my job, was enough. I believe you should aim for the highest levels you can achieve.'

Last year she attained EYPS after completing the Long Pathway at Reading University while topping up her foundation degree to a degree.

'The university is near my home, so I could drop my children at school and then go on to the university,' she says. 'There was a great deal of work involved - the assignments and for the degree, homework every week and a lot of reading. For EYPS, I would be going through the 39 Standards, making sure I was collecting the evidence for each, as well as working full-time.

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