Staff retention is recognised as critical to the expansion of the childcare sector, and poor pay and conditions have long been cited as the main reasons why nursery workers quit their jobs. But now dissatisfaction with management has emerged as one of the issues which causes some nursery staff to move on.
The finding emerged in the latest research carried out by the Thomas Coram Research Unit, London, on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills. The study documents the main reasons why many staff remain in childcare, as well as why some leave their childcare posts or decline to enter childcare work once qualified. The research was a follow-up of a study made last year involving final year students and nursery workers from across England.
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