Nursery World - Workforce Strategy, Part 11: Final Roundup

More than a year after its launch, has the Workforce Strategy delivered? Charlotte Goddard provides a systematic analysis of each section

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When the Early Years Workforce Strategy launched last March, its aim was to reverse the massive recruitment crisis facing the sector. The headline-grabbing element of the strategy was without a doubt the removal of the GCSE requirement for Level 3 staff. But did the strategy have any more to offer, or was it merely a vehicle for bringing in that policy change?

While the strategy contained some new commitments, such as the development of a qualification for SENCOs, much of it listed projects that were already under way when the document was published, such as the development of an online training portal, or funding which had already been made available. Other elements turned out to not be as advertised – the training portal, for example, was described as hosting online training modules, but in reality just links to existing training on other websites.

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