A report published today by Middlesex University London and TACTYC (the Association for Professional Development in Early Years), which evaluates the impact of Government policies over the last 20 years to develop the early years workforce, calls for all early years teachers to be awarded Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) to ‘erase the qualifications divide between schools and nurseries’.
Based on research conducted with more than 120 participants from across the sector, it claims that ‘relentless’ changes to early years training and qualifications over the past two decades have resulted in a ‘confused and inequitable landscape’.
The report finds that the introduction of Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS) and the absence of QTS is a source of great frustration and resentment for the sector, while the former NNEB qualification is still hailed as the ‘gold standard’.
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