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Vacant places as EYP courses near

More than half the organisations running training for the first assessment-only route to Early Years Professional (EYP) status are still recruiting just weeks before courses are due to begin. Six of 11 training providers still have places available. The Open University, in partnership with the National Day Nurseries Association, has filled 95 out of 100 places, but Middlesex University, in partnership with CACHE, still has 42 places to fill out of 50.

The Open University, in partnership with the National Day Nurseries Association, has filled 95 out of 100 places, but Middlesex University, in partnership with CACHE, still has 42 places to fill out of 50.

CACHE chief executive Richard Dorrance said he was confident that 25 places at Middlesex would be filled in time to start the course on 4 October, with a further 25 on schedule to start in late October.

He said, 'I think with the other universities a lot of the students are either on an early years degree or an education degree. Our pilot is for people who are working in childcare at the present and they are being targeted through ten local authorities.'

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