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Work matters: Training: Early Years Professional Status can take childminders far

Careers & Training
With most EYPs coming from group childcare settings, how do childminders meet the standards? Mary Evans finds out.

Three childminders attest to the fact that achieving Early Professional Status is far from being an end in itself and can provide a springboard to exciting new endeavours.

The trio, who live on the Hampshire-Berkshire borders, met nearly two years ago while pursuing the long EYPS pathway at Reading University. They are now embarking on further training to develop their careers in new directions.

Faye Bosley, from Camberley, has been appointed a National Childminding Association network co-ordinator, while Laura Dabreo, from Wokingham, has taken on the role of mentor for current EYP students at Reading. Heidi Evans, from Purley-on-Thames, is now training to be a Forest School teacher.

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