Check an early years qualification

Managers

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Managers and practitioners can use this service to:

• check if an early years qualification achieved in the UK is approved as full and relevant by the Department for Education (DfE)
• confirm if someone who holds this qualification can count in staff:child ratios at level 2, 3 or 6 in an early years setting in England

To confirm if the qualification is full and relevant, this service will ask you:

• where the qualification was awarded
• the date the qualification was started
• the anddate the qualification was awarded
• the level of the qualification
• the awarding organisation

Before you start

You will find it helpful to have the following documents:

• qualification certificate
• qualification transcript – this includes a list of the modules that were studied

Some qualifications have additional requirements which need to be met for the qualification to be considered full and relevant.

The service will tell you if any additional requirements apply, and what these are.

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