Early Years
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Early Years from Best Practice Network – Let us help take you to the next level
At Best Practice Network, we recognise how important the early years are in children’s development. Research shows that children with a good early years foundation yield higher results throughout their academic careers. These accredited programmes enable those already working in or looking for a career in, an early years childcare and education setting, to improve their practice and progress their career.
"Completing my early years training with Best Practice Network remains one of my greatest achievements. I found the course to be challenging, yet inspiring."
Our Early Years Programmes


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Early Years Career Pathway
As part of our Early Years initiative, learners who wish to become early years professionals, or those already working in this area of education, can take part in our programmes and advance onto other qualifications related to early years and child care. This initiative supports you in achieving your own ambitions and allows you to gain the skills required to support the next generation in being able to reach theirs.
We have developed our Early Years Career Pathway to support your career development in the early years sector and to take into account the variety of roles available.
This pathway includes the following programmes: Early Years Practitioner (EYP) Apprenticeship Level 2, Early Years Educator (EYE) Apprenticeship Level 3, Early Years Lead Practitioner (EYLP) Level 5 and Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT) (eligible with a degree top-up).