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Discover the latest Level 3 Early Years Educator standard 

Our assessment approach for the reformed Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship standard is now available for delivery from 1 November 2026.

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V Certs Draft NEA

The draft V Cert non-exam assessment NEA will be available on the Portal until Tuesday 15 September. Use our web form to ask any questions.

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Discover our new AI qualifications

Explore our new Level 2 AI qualifications, designed to develop practical, responsible AI skills and prepare learners for the future of work.

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V Levels: what providers need to know

Keeping providers up to date with everything they need to know about V Levels, launching in 2027.

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Read our blog: What’s the link between trauma and neurodivergence?

Our Senior Instructional Designer, John Maskrey, explores how trauma-informed practice can help create more supportive, inclusive environments where everyone can feel safe and understood.

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Now available: standards in sport and leisure

Discover our latest sport and leisure standards, designed to support and drive apprentice success.

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Boost study programme outcomes with additionality qualifications

Our additionality qualifications are flexible and easily integrated into your existing delivery.

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No learner left behind: responding to regional needs in vocational education across the UK

No learner left behind: responding to regional...

Our Senior International and Devolved Nations Manager, Michael Potts, explores how NCFE is responding to regional skills needs across the UK and Crown Dependencies, helping ensure learners have access to qualifications that support their progression and ambitions.

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Staying, leaving, or progressing? What the social care workforce is telling us

Staying, leaving, or progressing? What the soci...

Adult social care stands at a critical moment, and for social care to be fit for the future, the workforce must be central to reform, explains Claire Montague, our Social Care Sector Manager.

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Four in five care workers say regulated qualifications are key to career progression

Four in five care workers say regulated qualifi...

NCFE has launched a new report exploring care workers’ experiences, revealing that 81% believe regulated qualifications are key to career progression, alongside findings on retention, recruitment and workforce challenges.

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National education awards celebrate inspiring learners and educators  

National education awards celebrate inspiring l...

Successful winners include a young learner who overcame a range of health complications, an apprentice already making an impact in the NHS, and a learner whose placement in a primary school has sparked a passion for teaching. 

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