{"id":19296,"date":"2026-01-29T10:50:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/?p=19296"},"modified":"2026-01-29T10:53:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:53:27","slug":"level-3-early-years-diploma-early-years-educator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/level-3-early-years-diploma-early-years-educator\/","title":{"rendered":"Level 3 Early Years Diploma (Early Years Educator)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to let you know that Learn Devon will be running a Level 3 Early Years Diploma (Early Years Educator) course from April this year.<\/p>\n<h2>When will the course run?<\/h2>\n<p>The course will run online from April 2026 to December 2027, on a Wednesday afternoon (1pm &#8211; 4pm), term-time only. In addition, there will be 6, whole day sessions within the course where we will meet in person to do some practical learning; dates to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<h2>Who can apply?<\/h2>\n<p>Learners will need to be working or volunteering in an early years setting, with opportunities to lead.<\/p>\n<h2>How much will it cost?<\/h2>\n<p>Depending on financial circumstances of the learner this course may be free; subject to funding.<\/p>\n<h2>How do I apply?<\/h2>\n<p>Details of the course will soon become available on the Learn Devon website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.learndevon.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Home &#8211; Learn Devon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, if you have any questions or would like to know more, please contact: <a href=\"mailto:claire.davey@devon.gov.uk\">claire.davey@devon.gov.uk<\/a> or\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:sarah.appleton@devon.gov.uk\">sarah.appleton@devon.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to let you know that Learn Devon will be running a Level 3 Early Years Diploma (Early Years Educator) course from April this year. Spread the message to any colleagues or settings who may be interested in this opportunity.<\/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-19296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 17:29:49","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\/19296","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=19296"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19298,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19296\/revisions\/19298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}