I agree with the Special Report on the Government's aim to create a highly skilled early years workforce (Nursery World, 20 January) - is it at all realistic?
Having previously worked in 'partnership', and I use that term loosely, with our EYCDP to open the town's first Neighbourhood Nursery, plus being a second year Foundation Degree student, I feel I am in a unique position to see all sides of the various concerns.
Where is the money coming from to fund graduate employees? Unless there are dramatic and systematic increases in the Education Grant we will never be able to retain that level of qualified staff. Heaven forbid that the nursery sector becomes a training ground for graduates before they move on to better-paid positions with better career prospects.
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