Nursery World - Health and wellbeing study urges ministers to invest more in the early years workforce

A new report calls on the Government to reaffirm its commitment to creating a first-class early years workforce by releasing a ‘comprehensive strategy’ to raise the entry qualification level and publishing pay scales.

The report from the Children's Alliance makes a number of recommendations about upskilling the early years workforce PHOTO Adobe Stock

It is one of a number of recommendations from the Children’s Alliance, whose members include academics, voluntary sector and childcare professionals.

The recommendation is outlined in their new report – The Health and Wellbeing of Children in the Early Years, the first of four, which sets out a ‘practical plan for action’ for Government to reverse the ‘serious’ decline in the health and wellbeing of children and young people.

The report warns that Covid-19 is having a continuing impact on babies born before and during the pandemic and children in the early years. It says that the impact has been unequal for children, with a disproportionate number of BAME families, those living with poverty, and children with SEND facing the greatest challenges.

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