{"id":19412,"date":"2026-02-26T09:41:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/?p=19412"},"modified":"2026-03-05T10:41:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:41:19","slug":"level-3-diploma-for-working-in-the-early-years-sector-course-starts-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/level-3-diploma-for-working-in-the-early-years-sector-course-starts-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Level 3 Diploma for working in the early years sector &#8211; course starts April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want to become an Early Years Educator, working with children from birth to five? Join our Level 3 for a strong start.<\/p>\n<p>This qualification is ideal for learners aged 16+. It combines theory and practice, covering child development, safeguarding, SEND and curriculum planning, with a required 300-hour work placement in an early years setting.<\/p>\n<p>This online course starts from Wednesday 22 April 2026 and will run from 1pm to 4pm.<\/p>\n<p>For more information visit the Learn Devon website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.learndevon.co.uk\/courses\/course\/level-3-diploma-for-working-in-the-early-years-sector\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Level 3 Diploma for Working in the Early Years Sector &#8211; Learn Devon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19413\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2026\/02\/learn-devon-300x75.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2026\/02\/learn-devon-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2026\/02\/learn-devon.png 477w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want to become Early Years Educators, working with children from birth to five? Join our Level 3 for a strong start. Course starts April.<\/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-19412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-23 02:23:29","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\/19412","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=19412"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19468,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19412\/revisions\/19468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}