New research finds that low attendance rates and a fall in families taking up Government-funded early years education could lead to a shortfall in qualified staff in settings after the winter months, as children return to settings in the spring.
The report, the second in a series of four quarterly reports by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) and the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA), which aims to understand the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic is having on the staffing decisions of early years providers in the private, voluntary and independent sector.
The latest findings show that the demand for places in settings such as nurseries and pre-schools has still not returned to pre-pandemic levels.
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