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<p>The Early Years Workforce Strategy published in March 2017, sets out the actions
we will take to support the early years’ sector to attract, retain and develop the
early years workforce. We have now broadened the English and mathematics requirement
for level 3 Early Years Educators, including for apprenticeships, to level 2 qualifications
including Functional Skills (rather than a specific requirement for a GCSE qualification),
to support recruitment and retention of staff. This was implemented in April 2017.</p><p>We
will provide further updates on the Early Years Workforce Strategy in due course.</p>
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