The majority of nursery staff expect to leave the profession within five years, according to new research. Dr Claire Cameron reports
The very women who spend their working lives looking after other people's children want to stay at home and bring up their own children when they have a family. This desire to be hands-on mums stems from a firm belief that being there for their children is the right thing to do.
This finding emerged in a study carried out by the Thomas Coram Research Unit. When combined with the familiar story of low pay, low status and poor terms and conditions within childcare, it has huge implications for nursery owners' efforts to retain staff, and the Government's goal to recruit an extra 150,000 childcare workers over the next three years.
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