This concession from the Department for Education follows our story (22 July), which reported that T-Level work placement pilots are currently underway with students undertaking a minimum of 40 days. This is despite Education and Skills Funding Agency guidance stating that placements should be an average length of 50 working days, within a range of 45 to 60, for a minimum of 315 hours.
This is still way below the 730- to 750-hour work placements those doing the Early Years Educator qualification (EYE) undertake.
At a proposed minimum of 40-45 days (around 270 hours), the work placement falls short of the 720 hours that awarding bodies consider to be the minimum length in order to achieve a license to practice.
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