The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) is pleased to announce that the ‘Education and Childcare’ occupational route will now be known as the ‘Education and Early Years’.
The name change, which has been approved by the Secretary of State for Education, brings the occupational route name in line with terminology used by the sector to describe itself. It also reflects the fact that childcare is part of the early years sector.
This followed requests from our route panel of employers, a group of expert representatives from the education and early years sector, reflecting concerns that the old route name did not represent the full range of occupations in the sector or IfATE’s occupational maps.
IfATE also consulted with the Department for Education early years team and the Association of Education and Learning Providers.
