More than four in five employers (88 per cent) say the combined impact of the GCSE English and maths requirements and level 3 training has resulted in Level 2 qualified staff quitting.
A survey of 656 employers, carried out by the early yeasr trailblazer group, found that nearly a third - 32 per cent - have had at least two Level 2 employees leave since September last year. Just 10 per cent say their staff are moving on to childcare jobs with higher salaries, with 58 per cent saying that their staff left because they did not believe they were able to achieve the GCSEs and close to a third (30 per cent) saying they couldn’t achieve the Level 3 qualification.
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