Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to create an apprenticeship standard for Early Years professionals.

Apprenticeship standards are developed by trailblazer groups of employers supported by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.

A level 3 early years apprenticeship standard was published for delivery in April 2019.

Trailblazer groups are currently developing new apprenticeship standards at levels 2, 5 and 6.

Further apprenticeships information is available at: https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/.