Nursery World - A period of transition?;Training update

Simon Vevers finds the past 12 months in the early years sector has seen a lack of integration in training In its recent Green Paper, Every Child Matters, on the urgency of integrating children's services in England, the Government said a children and young people's sector skills council (SSC) would play a key role in encouraging 'new models of high-quality training'. However, it added that establishing an SSC 'will take time'. Not a great sense of urgency there then.

In its recent Green Paper, Every Child Matters, on the urgency of integrating children's services in England, the Government said a children and young people's sector skills council (SSC) would play a key role in encouraging 'new models of high-quality training'. However, it added that establishing an SSC 'will take time'. Not a great sense of urgency there then.

Uncertainty over the shape of a future SSC is proving frustrating to practitioners in the sector who believe it could be the key to a more coherent training map. Lynette Lee, training development manager for the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA), says the absence of an SSC means there is 'no strategic pathway for training and for funding'.

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