Updated: Updated documents ‘Early years qualifications: pre-September 2014’ and ‘Early years qualifications: from 1 September 2014’, and details on checking qualifications. Added ‘Level 2 early years practitioner qualifications: from 1 September 2019’.
Early years providers can use these early years qualifications lists to:
- check if an individual’s qualification meets the approved ‘full and relevant’ criteria for early years qualifications
- check if an individual’s qualification meets the early years educator criteria
- check if an individual’s qualification meets the level 2 early years practitioner criteria
- confirm if an individual counts in the staff:child ratios set out in the early years foundation stage framework
You should use these lists alongside the detailed guidance on checking early years qualifications.