{"id":20470,"date":"2026-09-17T11:33:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T10:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/?p=20470"},"modified":"2026-09-17T11:33:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T10:33:05","slug":"early-years-qualifications-list-eyql","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/early-years-qualifications-list-eyql\/","title":{"rendered":"Early years qualifications list (EYQL)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The early years qualification list (EYQL) is now available as an online web view format on the following link:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/check-an-early-years-qualification.service.gov.uk\/early-years-qualification-list?utm_source=devon&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=la\" rel=\"noopener\">Early years qualifications list &#8211; Showing all the qualifications &#8211; Check an Early Years qualification<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The EYQL web view replaces the previous spreadsheet-based version and provides a more accessible way for users to search, view and understand qualification information online.<\/p>\n<p>The EYQL shows all the qualifications that are approved by the Department for Education (DfE) as full and relevant for working as a qualified member of staff in an early years setting in England.<\/p>\n<h2>About the EYQL web view:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The EYQL helps users determine whether a qualification is recognised by the Department for Education as \u2018full and relevant\u2019 for the purposes of working within the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) staff:child ratios in England.<\/li>\n<li>Users can search for qualifications and view qualification details, additional requirements and supporting notes directly online.<\/li>\n<li>The EYQL web view can also be used to find full and relevant qualifications to study.<\/li>\n<li>The format removes the need to download and navigate a large spreadsheet.<\/li>\n<li>For users who prefer to work offline, the full EYQL remains available to download as a CSV file.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EYQL shows all the qualifications that are approved by the Department for Education (DfE) as full and relevant for working as a qualified member of staff in an early years setting in England. It is now available as an online web view format which replaces the previous spreadsheet-based version and provides a more accessible way for users to search, view and understand qualification information online.<\/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-20470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-26 12:38:09","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\/20470","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=20470"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20472,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20470\/revisions\/20472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}