Updated guidance on the new early years leadership qualification now out

Summary

More guidance has been published on the National Professional Qualification for Early Years Leadership, which starts this autumn.

The Department for Education launched a new early years leadership qualification for Level 3 qualified and above practitioners working in private, voluntary and independent settings last October.

As part of the government’s long-term education recovery plan, funding for fully-funded NPQ training scholarships has been extended until the academic year 2023 to 2024.