A report warning that the Government's lack of action over low pay in the early years workforce risks jeopardising its achievements in driving up the quality and professionalism of the sector has met with mixed reactions.
While leading figures from the world of early years are united in saying that the perennial problem of pay in private, voluntary and independent settings cannot be solved by the employers alone, they take different views on the recommendations made in the report, published by the Daycare Trust and the TUC.
But no-one queries the findings of Raising the bar: What next for the early childhood education and care workforce? - that pay and conditions for early childhood education and care practitioners are extremely low in comparison with similar positions elsewhere in the children's sector.
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