This candidate workbook has been developed by CACHE (formerly CEYA and NNEB), the leading award body in this area, to cover the knowledge component for the Standards for the NVQ/SVQ Child Care and Education Level 2 qualification. The book is suitable for candidates seeking to demonstrate that they have acquired the necessary underpinning knowledge for Level 2. Questions testing each of the 12 mandatory, and four optional units at Level 2 are provided, with additional questions on complex areas and suggestions for further reading. Portfolio pages are included to help candidates assemble evidence for their assessment portfolios, together with a checklist of all observations required for Level 2. The book is also suitable for those students studying for the CACHE Certificate in Child Care and Education.