Consultation outcome

Early education and childcare workforce: level 2 qualifications

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 7 December 2017
• Last updated: 26 July 2018 — See all updates

This consultation has concluded

Download the full outcome

Strengthening level 2 qualifications for the early education and childcare workforce: government response

Ref: DFE-00226-2018 PDF, 564 KB, 32 pages

Detail of outcome

Summary of responses we received, along with the government’s response outlining the next steps.

Read the ‘Early years practitioner (level 2) criteria’.

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Original consultation

Summary

We are seeking views on the proposed early years assistant (level 2) criteria and their suitability for qualifications in early education and childcare.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
10am on 7 December 2017 to 11:45pm on 28 February 2018

Consultation description

We’d like your views on the proposed criteria for the minimum content of level 2 early years assistant qualifications.

Read the:

• early years workforce strategy setting out our intention to develop criteria for level 2 childcare qualifications
• criteria for early years educators (level 3)

Published 7 December 2017
Last updated 26 July 2018 + show all updates

1. 26 July 2018

   Added the response and a link to the level 2 criteria.

2. 7 December 2017

   First published.