It was obvious towards the end of last year that a lot of unhappiness was brewing about the ability of the new Level 3 Children and Young People's Workforce Diploma to replace the existing full-time, two-year diplomas offered by CACHE and Edexcel. Childcare tutors, in particular, began to voice their concerns in public.
And it does seem bizarre that a respected qualification, equivalent to three A-levels and enabling a smooth transfer into higher education, should be supplanted by a diploma with far fewer guided learning hours and the need for further study to progress to degree level.
How does this fit with the agenda to raise the qualifications of the early years workforce? How will more academic candidates be attracted to the sector? How will confusion over exactly what full-time students are signing up for be avoided?
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