The Early Years Foundations Stage Statutory Framework sets out the requirements for early years staff qualifications. In order to be able to count in the staff to child ratios within an early years setting you must ensure that all qualifications are deemed full and relevant by the Department for Education. For the latest information and to check qualifications please see . There are Level 2 Early Years Practitioner and Level 3 Early Years Educator qualifications available as well as Foundation degrees and higher education qualifications available.
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