The funding for EYPs and the New Leaders in Early Years programmes will continue to be administered through the Children's Workforce Development Council.
Writing in her Nursery World column this week, Ms Teather (pictured) said, 'A highly skilled early years workforce is critical if we are to combat inequality, help tackle poverty and improve the life chances of the most disadvantaged children. It's simply not good enough that the highest early achievers from disadvantaged backgrounds are overtaken by more well-off, lower achieving children by the age of five.'
The second intake of the New Leaders programme, a two-year scheme for graduates outside the sector, which is run by the CWDC in partnership with Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent, starts next month. After completing the course, candidates are awarded EYPS and an early years Masters degree.
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