The new qualification is seen as key to streamlining the current number of Level 3 qualifications and helping the sector meet the Government target that all early years staff should be qualified to Level 3 from 2015.
The target is currently an 'aim', but the Government is considering making it a 'requirement' - an intention first flagged up in the recently published Next Steps for Early Learning and Childcare - Building on the Ten-Year Strategy (see Nursery World, 5 February).
The plans were announced by Pauline Jones, Early Years National Programme Manager at the Children's Workforce Development Council, at the Nursery World conference, 'EYFS: Six Months On', held in London on 25 March and attended by more than 270 delegates from across the country.
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