Nursery World - Up in the air

The Government is committed to making the early years workforce a highly-skilled and well-rewarded graduate-led profession. But how realistic is this? Karen Faux reports If early years care and education in the UK is to become among the best in the world, a radical reform of the workforce and qualifications structure is called for.

If early years care and education in the UK is to become among the best in the world, a radical reform of the workforce and qualifications structure is called for.

Nothing less will do, according to the Government's ten-year strategy for childcare. Among its many recommendations is that all daycare settings move towards being led by a graduate practitioner and that a new single qualifications framework is created to provide essential skills and a more flexible workforce.

An imminent consultation on children's workforce reform also underlines the need for an integrated army of professionals who are skilled, trusted and well-rewarded.

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