The colleges have broken up for the summer holidays, but the work of trying to sort out the implementation of the new level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce, due to start in September, continues apace.
The routes available from this September do not include a full-time, two-year equivalent course, which would carry enough UCAS points to allow students to progress to Early Childhood Studies degrees or teacher training, as many of those taking the current Diploma in Childcare and Education etc have been doing.
Previous advice to candidates to do A-levels at the same time to earn the UCAS points just does not stack up - the timetabling doesn't work.
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