Early Years Teacher Status

Entry requirements

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Months of entry

February, September

Course content

This Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT) course supports you to meet the requirements of the Department for Education (DfE) Early Years Teachers’ Standards and is built around, and mapped against, three core areas:

• high expectations – the practitioner’s role and safeguarding
• the role of assessment, planning, pedagogy, and environment
• professional behaviours.

You attend the annual Initial Teacher Education Conference. This professional conference is also open to mentors and former trainees. It is organised by the team to develop professional networks, support employment and to celebrate your student journey by showcasing your achievements.

This course leads to Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS), which qualifies you to teach in a nursery or early years setting.
If you want to teach in a primary school, including in a reception class then you need to achieve Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

Why study this course:

• accessible for busy practitioners and settings alongside work
• focus on an area of your practice you want to develop
• become part of a community of practice that reaches beyond the course
• fully funded by the DfE
• achieve Early Years Teacher Status.

Fully funded places available

We’re offering a limited number of fully funded places on this course. The Department for Education is providing a total of £14,000 in funding for each place:

• £7,000 training grant (paid directly to the university – no tuition fees or student debt)
• £7,000 employer incentive (paid to your early years setting)

Who is this for?

• You must be working in an early years setting in the UK to be eligible for entry to this course.
• Graduates in paid employment within an early years setting
• Those who need training and experience to meet the Early Years Teachers’ Standards
• Applicants with the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the course

Information for international students

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Fees and funding

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