Nursery World - Pay survey 2005

Our annual pay questionnaire reveals an eye-opening picture of the early years workforce. Mary Evans reports The headline changes in average annual salaries since the pay survey 2004, with previous figures in brackets, are:

The headline changes in average annual salaries since the pay survey 2004, with previous figures in brackets, are:

Average annual salary

17,038 (15,172) (+12%)

Private sector nursery

15,394 (14,040) (+9.6%)

State sector school

20,566 (17,439) (+18%)

Nursery manager/leader

18,900 (17,485) (+8%)

Nursery nurse/officer13,179 (12,680) (+4%)

Part-time hourly rate 6.90 (6.70) (+3%)

The average annual pay of full-time early years practitioners has risen by 12 per cent over the past 12 months to 17,038, according to the Nursery World pay survey.

But staff, their employers and trade union representatives in the private sector are not seeing individual pay awards running at this rate. 'Our members are not reporting anything like these sort of awards,' says Tricia Pritchard, professional officer with the Professional Association of Nursery Nurses.

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