The group is the third to take on the work following the recent resignation of a group led by Busy Bees, which was working on the Level 3 apprenticeship standard.
Proposed standards for a Level 5 Early Years Senior Practitioner and a Level 6 Early Years Lead Practitioner, a degree level apprenticeship, have been submitted by the new group, which is chaired by Laura Upton, Workforce Improvement Advisor at Leicestershire County Council.
It is understood that Fay Gibbin, CEO of Busy Bees Training Academy, is continuing to oversee delivery of the Level 3 standard, which is still ‘in discussion’ and not yet live, according to a spokesman for the Institute for Apprenticeships.
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