The findings come from a YouGov survey of 1,085 parents of children aged six and under commissioned by education charity Montessori St Nicholas, as it prepares to mark 100 years of UK teachers being trained in the Montessori method.
Asked which pay bracket they would expect early years educators of children from birth to six to receive, more than a fifth of respondents (22 per cent) said they would expect them to be paid £17.61 an hour, the same as associate professionals and police officers.
Meanwhile, a similar proportion estimated their pay at £11.69 an hour, the same as a skilled trade, for example a carpenter or electrician.
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