Nursery World - 'Some way to go' to hit graduate employment targets, new survey finds

Just one in five private, voluntary or independent full daycare settings employs an early years professional, a survey carried out for the previous Government suggests.

However, the survey also found that the number of early years and childcare practitioners gaining qualifications continues to rise.

The Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey 2009, carried out by TNS-BMRB, presents findings about provision - including the number of places and providers - as well as pay and qualifications throughout the early years and childcare workforce.

The New Labour Government had set a target for every full daycare setting to be led by a graduate with EYPS and for there to be two EYPs for each setting in deprived areas by 2015.

The report said, 'Overall, 22 per cent of full daycare providers had at least one graduate with EYPS, and 4 per cent had at least two. There was no difference between the 30 per cent most deprived areas and other areas.

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