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Childcare Level 3 qualifications to be free from April

Childcare Level 3 qualifications are among 400 fully-funded courses for adults that the Government is making available for free from April 2021.

The list, which has been published, includes Early Years Educator courses (EYE), Diploma in Montessori Pedagogy - Birth to Seven (EYE), and the Diploma in Playwork (NVQ).

The fully-funded courses are being offered as part of the Government’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee, for adults without a full qualification at Level 3.

Backed by £95 million from the National Skills Fund, the new courses will be available from April to all adults without a full Level 3 (A-level equivalent) qualification.

Tens of thousands of adults will be able to benefit from almost 400 free courses next year, in the first major development in the Lifetime Skills Guarantee announced by the Prime Minister in September. 

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