Early Years Professional Status (EYPS)

Please be aware if you have enrolled on the BA in Early Childhood Studies at Bishop Grosseteste, to begin in September, and you hope to complete your EYP afterwards, you should have completed forms to register on the Long Pathway with EM Direct. If you have not registered with EM Direct you could be missing out on funding. Please contact jenny.boldrin@lincolnshire.gov.uk at the Birth to Five Service for more information.

In 2003 the Government launched a green paper called the Every Child Matters agenda. Amongst otherthings the agenda outlined a reform to the children’s workforce strategy, recognising the need for highly qualified and skilled individuals working in the Early Years.

As a result of this the Children’s Workforce Development Council launched the Early Years Professional Status (EYPS), designed to bring a graduate level workforce into Early Years and give practitioners the opportunity to validate their skills and experience with a higher level qualification.

The government has a central aim for:

• Every PVI setting to have an EYP in place by 2015
• Every Children’s Centre to have an EYP in place by 2010

Lincolnshire is committed to meeting this aim and fully supports both existing and growing EYPs within the county.

To meet the assessment criteria for the qualification candidates must show they can not only meet the standards through their own practice but that they can lead others to do the same.

Leadership skills are an essential part of becoming an EYP, aspirations surrounding the role label EYPs as ‘change agents’, able to drive improvement in the Early Years and lead the delivery of the Early Years Foundation Stage.

For further information and advice about pathways and EYPS providers in Lincolnshire please contact the Birth to Five Service. 

For a downloadable PDF version of this information please click here. 

Click here to download a poster advertising that your setting has an EYP

Dates for your diary: Network meeting Friday 17th September Venue – New Life Conference Centre, Mareham Lane, Sleaford, NG34 7JP 9:30am arrival for coffee to begin at 10:00am. 3:30pm finish The meeting will include a workshop being delivered by Warwickshire based company WEAVE Recycle. WEAVE offer support to practitioners who want to develop their settings use of recycled (intelligent) materials.