We are now being pushed out of the school environment by the Government's initiative to train up as a classroom assistant anyone who wants to work with children. My local education authority said recently that it did not know how long nursery nurses would have a future in its schools due to the fact that schools can employ two minimally-trained classroom assistants for the cost of employing one highly-trained nursery nurse.
As a profession we are being pushed into poorly-paid jobs or taking on a lower-level job in the same field. Where will our future lie if politicians refuse to acknowledge the only long-term nought-to-eights childcare qualification there is, and give us the recognition we deserve?
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