Early Years Professional Status
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Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) is a professional status for practitioners at the Early Years Foundation Stage
(ages 0 - 5), which is intended to be broadly equivalent to Qualified Teacher Status
(ages 5 - 18). Introduced by the British government in 2007, via the Children's Workforce Development Council
, EYPS courses require a degree, and include an assessment in an early years setting - either a placement or within the trainee's own early years workplace.
By 2010, all early years children's centres (of which there are nearly 3000 in the UK) will be required to have at least one Early Years Professional (EYP), and by 2015, all full daycare settings will be required to have at least one, which will require 20,000 EYPs. In early 2009 there were more than 2,500 graduate-level EYPs and a further 2,400 in training in 35 higher education institutions.
Government funding is available (via the Graduate Leader Fund) to support private, voluntary or independent sector daycare in gaining EYPS status, but is not currently available for the 20% of UK early years childcare which is run by the government.
Pay for EYPs however is often only half that of a Newly Qualified Teacher
, at £8-9/hr.
Early Years Foundation Stage
The Early Years Foundation Stage is a term defined in Section 39 of the British government's Childcare Act 2006. The EYFS comprises a set of Welfare Requirements and a set of Learning and Development Requirements, which must be followed by providers of care for children below 5 years old – the age...
(ages 0 - 5), which is intended to be broadly equivalent to Qualified Teacher Status
Qualified Teacher Status
Qualified Teacher Status is required in England and Wales to become, and continue being, a teacher of children in the state and special education sectors...
(ages 5 - 18). Introduced by the British government in 2007, via the Children's Workforce Development Council
Children's Workforce Development Council
The Children's Workforce Development Council is a UK non-departmental public body set up in 2005 to support the implementation of the government's "Every Child Matters" strategy. It is part of Skills for Care and Development, the Sector Skills Council for social care, children and young people's...
, EYPS courses require a degree, and include an assessment in an early years setting - either a placement or within the trainee's own early years workplace.
By 2010, all early years children's centres (of which there are nearly 3000 in the UK) will be required to have at least one Early Years Professional (EYP), and by 2015, all full daycare settings will be required to have at least one, which will require 20,000 EYPs. In early 2009 there were more than 2,500 graduate-level EYPs and a further 2,400 in training in 35 higher education institutions.
Government funding is available (via the Graduate Leader Fund) to support private, voluntary or independent sector daycare in gaining EYPS status, but is not currently available for the 20% of UK early years childcare which is run by the government.
Pay for EYPs however is often only half that of a Newly Qualified Teacher
Newly Qualified Teacher
Newly Qualified Teacher is a label attached to teachers in the United Kingdom who have been qualified for less than 12 months.-Origins:The term began to be used in the mid-1990s following the removal of the requirement for teachers to serve a probationary period in 1991 under the Education ...
, at £8-9/hr.
External links
- Children's Workforce Development CouncilChildren's Workforce Development CouncilThe Children's Workforce Development Council is a UK non-departmental public body set up in 2005 to support the implementation of the government's "Every Child Matters" strategy. It is part of Skills for Care and Development, the Sector Skills Council for social care, children and young people's...
- Early Years Professional Status - EYPS.info