Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of requiring applicants for the early years educator qualification to have English and mathematics GCSEs at grade C or above on the number of early years educators entering the profession.
On 3 March the Department for Education published a response to a consultation undertaken with the sector on the requirement for early years educators to have English and mathematics GCSEs at grade C or above. This response, and the early years workforce strategy published on the same day, set out the actions we will take as a result of the consultation.
The Government response to the consultation on level 3 qualification requirements can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/level-3-early-years-educator-numeracy-and-literacy-requirements
The Early Years Workforce Strategy is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-workforce-strategy