Job Vacancy

Qualifications

For a list of full and relavant qualifications in your area for Playwork career visit:

​

​https://qualitytraining.skillsactive.com/

​

If you are thinking you may like to work in other childcare careers after Playwork, it is worth considering studying for a broader qualification that will enable you to remain flexible, Please see the additional information below:

​

Level 2

From 1 September 2014, all level 2 early education and childcare qualifications that have been approved by Ofqual and are listed on the Register of Regulated Qualifications will also be considered full and relevant for the purposes of regulation and registration as outlined in the Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework.

​

Practitioners who hold qualifications that are either on the Early Years Qualifications List or the Register of Regulated Qualifications can be counted in the level 2 ratios. If you hold a level 3 early years educator qualification but do not have a GCSE in English and maths at Grade C or above, you can be counted within the level 2 ratios.

​

If you hold a level 3 early years educator qualification and wish to be counted within the level 3 ratios you will need to hold GCSEs in English and maths at Grade C or above.

​

Level 3

Practitioners, who start a qualification from 1 September 2014 must hold a qualification that meets the early years educator criteria to be considered full and relevant and to be counted in the level 3 ratios. The linked PDF file provides a list of those qualifications that so far have met early years educator criteria. Download the PDF file.

​

To count in the ratios at level 3, staff holding an early years educator qualification must also have at least functional skills at Level 2, for English and Maths and are no longer required to have GCSE grade 3 or above.