Nursery World - Most parents want early years teachers in nurseries

Just under three-quarters of parents would rather send their child to a nursery with an early years teacher than one without, new research suggests.

The finding comes alongside a warning that 800,000 children in England are at risk of lagging behind their peers in areas like literacy and numeracy when they start school by 2020 because of a shortage of 10,000 early years teachers, according to a report by charity Save the Children published today.

A YouGov poll commissioned by Save the Children for the ‘Early Development and Children’s Educational Outcomes’ report shows that more than a third of parents in England with children under five don’t know whether their nursery employs qualified early years teachers.

Seventy-one per cent of parents surveyed said they would prefer their child's nursery had an early years teacher to ensure their child would not start school falling behind.

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