Level 4 Early Years Advanced Practitioner - updated specification

You may have been aware of some changes to the NCFE CACHE Level 4 Certificate for the Early Years Advanced Practitioner (601/8424/3) which were proposed back in April. We took the decision to not release the changes due to discrepancies within the qualification content within different qualification documentation.

To address the discrepancies and cut down on delivery documents we have created a new Qualification Specification.

This new Qualification Specification, version 7, contains all of the guidance from the previous version of the Qualification Specification and the Additional Guidance for Assessment along with the following changes:

Unit ref.	Unit no.	Unit title	Summary and rationale for updates
H/508/0928	EYAP 1	Enabling children to learn	Unit updated to reflect more contemporary theory as a result of subject expert feedback. LO3 now contains a fuller list of theories.
K/508/0929	EYAP 2	Promoting health and well-being through physical activity and nutrition co-ordination (PANCo) in the early years	Unit updated to reflect the evolving role of the PANCo
D/508/0930	EYAP 3	Working with others to support children with additional needs, including Special Educational Needs and Disability	This unit has been updated and is intended to provide appropriate progression from the new NCFE CACHE Level 3 Award For Special Educational Needs Coordinators In Early Years Settings (603/3476/9) qualification.
H/508/0931	EYAP 4	Working with families and other professionals in early years settings	There have been no changes to this unit.
K/508/0932	EYAP 5	Implementing change in an early years setting incorporating a small scale research project	There have been no changes to this unit.

Version 7 of the Qualification Specification can be found here Please use this specification for new learners – existing learners are not affected. Note: you no longer need to use the Additional Guidance for Assessment document.

We appreciate the delay in the publication of this new specification and we apologise for any inconvenience this may have cause.