An independent coalition representing organisations across the early years sector has called on the Government to have 'a new vision of early childhood services' along the lines of Denmark and Sweden.
The call was made last week by the Early Childhood Forum in its response to the consultation on the Government's Green Paper, Every Child Matters, which ended on 1 December.
The Forum also said that a priority was 'to move to a new core early childhood professional who would replace our existing split roles between childcare early years workers and early years teachers'. It said such a person should be a graduate, and a proper core graduate workforce should be developed over ten years, with a common qualification structure created for all those in key roles working with children.
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