{"id":17508,"date":"2025-02-27T10:20:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T10:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/?p=17508"},"modified":"2025-02-27T10:50:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T10:50:11","slug":"exciting-news-for-aspiring-apprentices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/exciting-news-for-aspiring-apprentices\/","title":{"rendered":"Exciting news for aspiring apprentices!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In celebration of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apprenticeships.gov.uk\/influencers\/national-apprenticeship-week#\" rel=\"noopener\">National Apprenticeships Week<\/a>, the government has unveiled a series of changes designed to boost skills in high-demand sectors, such as early years education. One of the standout updates is the increased flexibility regarding English and maths qualifications.<\/p>\n<p>Starting from February 11, apprentices aged 19 and over will no longer need to hold level 2 English and maths qualifications to complete their apprenticeship. This change aims to make apprenticeships more accessible and help fill critical roles with skilled professionals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In celebration of National Apprenticeships Week, the government has unveiled a series of changes designed to boost skills in high-demand sectors, such as early years education. One of the standout updates is the increased flexibility regarding English and maths qualifications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-09 14:50:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17508"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17510,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17508\/revisions\/17510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}