I have worked in childcare in education, social services and the voluntary and private sectors for 16 years, and l am very concerned about the number of qualified nursery nurses leaving the profession, many to work as nannies.
When I first entered nursery management 11 years ago, I received 60 applications for one nursery nurse position. Now I am lucky to receive more than five. Nursery nursing was better paid than nannying at the time.
Now the tables have been reversed. I recently appointed a nursery nurse who took a drop in salary.
Recently a colleague seeking supply staff spoke to a local employment agency in a search for supply staff and was told that ten nursery nurses working in the private sector who wanted to go into nannying had contacted the agency that week alone.
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