Across the sector, settings are struggling to recruit and retain Level 3 staff. ‘We are hearing that staff are reluctant to upskill to Level 3,’ says Stella Ziolkowski, National Day Nurseries Association’s director of quality and training.
‘Providers are telling us that the increase in National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage, and the fact that the hourly rate has not increased, have squeezed employers’ ability to set pay differentials for qualification levels. If a member of staff upskills from Level 2 to Level 3, many settings are unable to offer much more in way of salary, and this has a knock-on effect on staff’s willingness to take up higher-level qualifications.’
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