Nursery World - Alarm over Government axing of early years graduate plans

An open letter from early years experts and unions warns the Government that the U-turn over plans to boost early years graduates will ‘deny thousands of disadvantaged children vital support’.

Signatories include the chief executives of the National Day Nurseries Association, Early Education, and PACEY, unions the National Association of Head Teachers and Voice, and Professors Kathy Sylva and Ted Melhuish.

Last week, children and families minister Nadhim Zahawi wrote to the Education Select Committee chair Robert Halfon to say that the Government would not be going ahead with a commitment from the Early Years Workforce Strategy that would have looked at how to increase graduates working in early years settings in disadvantaged areas. Also scrapped were plans to enable those with Early Years Professional Status and Early Years Teacher Status to lead nursery classes in schools.

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