Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many training providers there are for (a) level two, (b) level three and (c) graduate early years teacher training routes.

The current list of accredited providers of early years initial teacher training (EYITT) in England is published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-initial-teacher-training-itt-providers-and-school-direct-early-years-lead-organisations/early-years-initial-teacher-training-itt-providers-and-school-direct-lead-organisations.

EYITT providers are listed by region and information is given on which of the training routes they offer; all of which lead to early year’s teacher status (EYTS) upon successful completion. The four routes to EYTS are graduate entry, graduate employment-based, undergraduate, and assessment only.

Additionally there are courses provided at levels 2 and 3 in early years education and care. In the year 2016/17, 186 providers delivered level 2 and 952 providers delivered level 3.