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Qualifications & Standards
Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
It’s child’s play - Early Years Foundation Stage
EYFS Standards
National Standards: EYFS
EYFS Qualifications List
www.voicetheunion.org.uk/eyfs
Early Years Professional Status (EYPS)
Early Years & Playwork Qualifications Database (CWDC)
Integrated Qualifications Framework
CACHE (incorp. NNEB and NAMCW)
Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC)
Foundation Degree Gateway Project
Standards for Childcare Practice in Scotland
Standards for school support staff in England
Career Structure for Science Technicians in Schools and Colleges (Association for Science Education)
Support staff: DCSF Web site
Support Staff Training (TDA)
Skills for Life (TDA)
Teaching assistants: DCSF Web site
Higher Level Teaching Assistants Web site (DCSF)
Registration:
Ofsted: Registration
Ofsted: Childcare Registers
See also Voice Information Sheet: Ofsted Early Years
Care Standards Inspectorate for Wales
Extended Schools in England
Extended Schools (TeacherNet)
Guidance for childcare providers in developing services in and around schools ( 2006)
Nursery education for 3 & 4 year olds (DCFS)
Code of Practice on the Provision of Free Nursery Education Places
Pay:
National Minimum Wage
Local Government pay negotiations 2009/10
New pay scales 2008-2009 (October 2008/March 2009) (England, Wales, Northern Ireland) (nursery staff, education support staff)
Local government pay info 2007/2008 (England, Wales, Northern Ireland)
Scottish Local Authorities
Wider Workforce: SSSNB:
School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB)
Important information for school support staff (2003): Changes to Tax Credits
Changes to Tax Credits mean that school support staff, including in particular term-time workers, may now be able to claim benefits they were previously not entitled to. Click here for more information.
Implementing the National Workforce Agreement
See: Pay & Conditons: Workforce Agreement
Ten Year Strategy for Childcare
Choice for Parents, the Best Start for Children
(DfES/Sure Start, 2006):
www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/earlyyears/tenyearstrategy
Choice for parents, the best start for children: making it happen - An action plan for the ten year strategy: Sure Start Children’s Centres, extended schools and childcare (pdf)
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