Nursery World - Researchers seek reasons for fall in early years graduates

PACEY and Voice are conducting joint research into why Early Years Teachers are leaving the sector, amid concerns that courses are closing, and that fewer students are choosing early years teaching as a career.

The aim of the study is to better understand how many graduate-level teachers are leaving the workforce and why, and consider how this trend can be reversed.

The research is in response to growing concerns that a rising number of Early Years Teachers (EYTs) are leaving the early years sector without being replaced by new graduates.

PACEY and Voice will spend two months gathering evidence from Early Years Teachers, Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT) course leaders, and former EYITT students on a range of issues, including:

To inform the research, they are calling on EYTs, EYITT course leaders and students to take part in a survey. The deadline for responses is 15 January 2018.

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