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Guidance: Early years educator (level 3): qualifications criteria

Department For Education

December 8
13:23 2023

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From 4 January 2024 please refer to Early years qualification requirements and standards.

This guidance is for early years:

  • awarding organisations
  • educators
  • training providers

It sets out the minimum requirements for what level 3 early years educators should know, understand and be able to do.

Published 11 July 2013
Last updated 8 December 2023 +show all updates
  1. Added a link to 'Early years qualification requirements and standards', which you should refer to from 4 January 2024.

  2. We have added 'Early years educator level 3: qualifications criteria (from 1 September 2024)'.

  3. Converted guidance from PDF to HTML.

  4. Updated information in the details section.

  5. Added a link to the early year practitioner level 2 criteria.

  6. First published.

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