Nursery World - Workforce Strategy, Part 3: Graduates

The sector is not set up to adequately reward Early Years Teachers, but Charlotte Goddard finds that plans to open up career routes have made limited progress so far

The Early Years Workforce Strategy, published in April, made a number of commitments to support Early Years Teachers, but this may have come too late for those running Early Years Teacher training courses. ‘There has been a decrease in numbers every year since we started,’ says Ruth Pearson, cohort lead – EYTS at Bishop Grosseteste University. ‘We are considering not providing the course next year, in line with other providers that have closed courses.’

Last year, Nursery World found that 18 providers who were accredited to run the course had decided against offering Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT). ‘We are running one work-based route, where in the past we ran three routes,’ says Eunice Lumsden, head of early years at the University of Northampton.

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