Early Years Workforce Qualifications Audit Tool

Helping you record the skills of your early years workforce

The Early Years Workforce Qualifications Audit Tool enables settings, childminders and local authorities to manage workforce data through a secure online system that's free and easy to use.

The audit tool allows early years registered settings and childminders to create a record of the qualifications training of practitioners in their setting. The live link to the Early Years Qualifications List enables settings and childminders to determine if the qualifications held by themselves and their staff meet EYFS requirements.

Local authorities can access aggregated, anonymised data for their local authority area, to help inform their workforce development plans.

CWDC can access this data aggregated at a regional and national level helping to build the first accurate picture of the early years workforce in England.

Find out how the audit tool can benefit:

• Settings
• Childminders
• Local authorities

Find out about how to use the audit tool with our helpful step-step user guides:

• Introduction to using the audit tool
• User guide for local authorities
• User guide for settings
• User guide for volume providers
• User guide for childminders

For more information about the audit tool visit the frequently asked questions (FAQs). You can also find support materials to promote the audit tool to settings in the toolkit.

If you have any questions please contact the early years team or call the audit tool and qualifications list helpline: 0300 123 1033 (Monday to Friday 8am - 8pm)