Early Years Professionals
Leicestershire is making good progress in increasing the number of graduate Early Years Professionals (EYP) leading practice in Leicestershire settings.
As well as full daycare, childminders and sessional pre-schools are gaining EYP status. If you would like to find out more about the role of an EYP, please visit the links below.
Pathways to becoming an Early Years Professional
If you already hold a full and relevant level 3 qualification and would like to find out more about becoming an EYP and the funding available, please contact the Workforce Development team on 0116 305 6555.
Early Years Pathways and validation routes to EYPS for graduates
(for contact information, please see Pathways to Early Years Professional Status link below):
2012 Pathways to Early Years Professional Status (pdf, 26kb)
The East Midlands EYPS Network (http://www.northampton.ac.uk/eyps) working with University of Northampton as lead provider, with training bases in the following locations:
- Northampton – The University of Northampton, Park Campus
- Leicester – South Leicester College
- Nottingham – Nottingham Trent University / New College Nottingham ·
- Lincoln – Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln
The Early Years Professional Northern Alliance (http://www.ioe.mmu.ac.uk/business/eyp/) working with Manchester Metropolitan University as lead provider, with training bases in the following locations:
- Lancaster University, Bradford College
- Derby University
- Huddersfield University
- Liverpool Hope University
- University of Chester
- University of Cumbria
- Sheffield Hallam University
- University of Northumbria
- Teeside University
- University of Sunderland
Pathways to Early Years Professional Status - to be updated shortly
In order to gain the full EYP status, candidates will have to prove (show certificates) that they have English and Maths GCSE graded A*-C: an adult learning level 2 English/Maths will not be accepted by the Universities.
Related Information:
Starting your journey - Maggie Jeffery is a Day nursery leader who is currently studying for her Early Years Foundation Degree (pdf, 4661 KB)
Becoming an Early Years Professional - Full of case studies about Leicestershire's existing EYPs (pdf, 3.83MB)
Early Years Professional - Here to stay (pdf, 3.2MB)
Early Years Professional leaflet for parents (pdf, 2.7MB)
Please take a look at the CWDC First National Survey of Practitioners with Early Years Professional Status (pdf, 2,335 kb)
Page Last Updated: 10 November 2011
