{"id":20547,"date":"2026-10-01T09:32:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/?p=20547"},"modified":"2026-10-01T09:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:33:13","slug":"early-years-initial-teacher-training-eyitt-next-cohort-starts-14-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/early-years-initial-teacher-training-eyitt-next-cohort-starts-14-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Early years initial teacher training (EYITT) &#8211; next cohort starts 14 October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT) is a 12-month programme that enables trainees to work towards Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS) alongside their existing role, applying their learning directly within their setting.<\/p>\n<p>Training is fully funded by the Department for Education (DfE), with employers also receiving a \u00a37,000 DfE employer incentive per trainee to support them throughout their training.<\/p>\n<h2>Key details:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Programme length: 1 academic year<\/li>\n<li>Qualification: EYTS (Early Years Teacher Status)<\/li>\n<li>Delivery: 100% online, with dedicated Equalitas tutors<\/li>\n<li>Course fees: Fully funded by the Department for Education (DfE)*<\/li>\n<li>\u00a37,000 employer incentive for the trainee\u2019s employer<\/li>\n<li>Next start date: October 2026<\/li>\n<li>Trainees study while employed in an early years setting<\/li>\n<li>Trainees gain practical experience working with babies, toddlers, young children, and reception-aged pupils<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The next EYITT cohort begins on 14 October.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more and apply: <a href=\"https:\/\/equalitas.co.uk\/early-years-initial-teacher-training-enquire-now\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Early Years Initial Teacher Training: Enquire now &#8211; Equalitas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*subject to eligibility criteria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT) is a 12-month programme that enables trainees to work towards Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS) alongside their existing role, applying their learning directly within their setting. The next cohort starts 14 October.<\/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-20547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-08 14:25:32","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\/20547","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=20547"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20549,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20547\/revisions\/20549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}