At their annual conference, members of the education union Voice votedin favour of a motion to throw out the requirement to have at least oneteacher leading the EYFS in maintained nursery schools and classes.
Deborah Lawson, who proposed the motion, said, 'As a nursery nurse Icould go on and get my early years degree and gain EYPS. It will notimprove my career prospects, unless I want to become a teacher, or myterms and conditions of employment and subsequent reward. Why? Becausewe still lack a qualification framework linked to a career structure andterms and conditions, and which ensures parity across professions.'
Ms Lawson gave the example of an experienced and well-qualified managerof a nursery unit in a maintained school who had written to the union tosay that her job could be under threat because she was not ateacher.
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