Nursery World - Special needs staff have 25 per cent pay cut

Nursery nurses working with children with special needs in Northamptonshire are to have their pay cut by 25 per cent - more than 4,000 - from next April because they will lose their special needs allowance.

Following a job evaluation, their knowledge, skills and conditions of working with children with SEN are now reflected in their pay grades.

Under new terms and conditions, nursery nurses in the county are being moved from full-time to term-time-only contracts as part of the county council's plans to implement the single status agreement.

They are being moved from a 32.5 to a 37-hour week contract and will no longer be paid during the school holidays.

Seven nursery nurses from East Hunsbury Primary School who work with children with profound learning difficulties are affected by the cuts. They work in a designated specialist provision with 26 children from reception to Year 4.

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