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Early Years Professional Status (EYPS)

The Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) has today announced the start of the next recruitment phase for Early Years Professional Status (EYPS), including publishing details of the organisations responsible for the delivery of the training across England from January 2012.

 

The University of Worcester is now the lead provider for delivery of the Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) programme for Early Years practitioners across the West Midlands and South West regions working in partnership with University of Gloucestershire; University College Plymouth St Mark & St John; and the Somerset Centre for Integrated Learning (SCIL).

 

Over 1,700 CWDC funded candidates will be able to enrol on the next intake of the EYPS training programme which will start in January 2012. Recruitment for this intake is now open.  Marking a new development for the programme, training providers will also be able to recruit self-funded or sponsored candidates to the EYPS programme in addition to those recruited with CWDC funding.

 

 

 

To progress to the next stage of your enquiry to undertake an Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) pathway, please complete and return the application form to Chris Warry at:

 

SCIL

Taunton Academy - South Site

Lyngford Road

Priorswood

Taunton

TA2 7EF

 

Apply now - places still available!

 

 

Please note that future EYPS pathways will require GCSE English Language and Mathematics Grade C or above or equivalent at entry.

 

In the meantime, if you should require any further information, please contact Chris Warry on 01823 368286 and visit the CWDC website following this link

 

http://www.cwdcouncil.org.uk/news/6314_new-eyps-programmes-launches-with-1-500-funded-places-available-in-the-next-six-months

 

or visit The University of Worcester website 

 

We look forward to hearing from you and sharing this exciting journey.

  

The current information provided from CWDC indicates that at the start of each EYPS Pathway candidates must meet the following requirements. These criteria may be subject to change.

 

The Graduate Practitioner Pathway

(GPP)

 The Undergraduate Practitioner Pathway

(UPP)

 The Graduate Entry Pathway

(GEP)

 

The Undergraduate Entry Pathway

(UEP)

 

Description of typical candidate:

People with a degree who are working in the sector and require a small amount of learning or experience before they can demonstrate the EYP Standards.

A current employee working in the sector with a Level 5 qualification.

People with a degree and limited experience of working with children from birth to five but who are looking to pursue a career working in early years.

Undergraduates in the final or penultimate year of a degree in Early Childhood Studies.

Normal duration:

  6 months  12 months  12 months  12 months

Funding:

Course fee paid and supply cover available. 

Course fee, Ordinary Degree fee and supply cover available.

Course fee paid and £3,500 bursary available. Course fee paid and £3,500 bursary available.

Candidates must also:

  • been subject to a Criminal Records Bureau enhanced disclosure check which shows that they do not have a criminal background that might prevent them working with children and have not previously been excluded from working with children (a check must be carried out even if the candidate has been subject to an enhanced CRB disclosure check through another organisation);
  • achieved a standard equivalent to grade C in GCSE mathematics;
  • achieved a standard equivalent to grade C in GCSE English; and
  • demonstrated that they are able to read effectively and communicate clearly and accurately in English to a standard equivalent to Level C1 on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

 

Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) is the gold standard for those working with children under the age of five. 

 

Recent studies have drawn particular attention to the positive effects of having highly qualified staff, particularly graduates leading early years practice. It was the Government's aim for every Children's Centre to have a graduate by 2010 and every full day care setting by 2015.  In disadvantaged areas the target is to have two graduates by 2015. 

The new Coalition Government has remained clear in its commitment to the EYPS programme and will continue to offer funding to support early years practitioners to achieve the status through EYPS funding and the Early Intervention Grant (EIG).  

 

We will ensure that our website is kept updated with any information regarding any future contracts. If you are considering applying for EYPS, you must now have achieved the following:

 

            GCSE English Grade C or above

            GCSE Mathematics Grade C or above

 

Please note this is a change of policy from previous cohorts.

Whereas there are alternative qualifications that are acceptable, including GCE English and Mathematics, it is only the full syllabus as in GCSE that is recognised for EYPS. The narrower curriculum offered for level 2 literacy and numeracy is NOT accepted for the professional status of the Early Years Professional.