Giving evidence to the Low Pay Commission, chief executive Neil Leitch said that without a substantial increase in Government funding the sector will ‘fall into a deeper crisis’ faced with wage increases for staff.
Despite nursery managers receiving an average 4 per cent pay rise this year, and practitioners 3 per cent, early years staff are still underpaid compared to other sectors.
Mr Leitch cited new data on hourly pay rates compiled by early years data experts CEEDA.
This has found that nursery manager pay now averages £13.97 an hour compared to £20.42 per hour for comparable professional occupations, with practitioners earning an average £8.74 compared to £9.59 an hour for roles in the same occupational class.
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