Introduction

This qualification includes both knowledge and skills that meet the Department for Education (DfE) Early Years Educator (EYE) criteria in full and maps to the knowledge, skills and behaviours (KSBs) within the Early Years Educator occupational standard ST0135 in England. The aim of this qualification is to prepare learners to become early years educators, enabling them to work with children from birth to five years and gain knowledge of children aged five to seven years. Upon achievement of this qualification, it is intended that learners will be able to enter the workforce as early years educators. In response to the Department for Education (DfE), the qualification has been built to meet the criteria required for those wishing to become early years educators and surpasses the minimum requirements set out in the ‘full and relevant criteria’ to develop a qualification which reflects the priorities of educators and employers to meet the needs of babies and children.