I want to commend the news story 'High fees, low pay attacked' (6 February) for bringing a real problem to light. Here in Cornwall the wages aren't very high anyway and businesses are rarely able to meet the national wage average.
As you so rightly say, the lack of being able to charge as much as nurseries charge affects staff wages and, as a pre-school with 14 staff, we are only in receipt of wages slightly above the minimum wage. Fortunately, we have a wonderful team who are willing to continue working for this amount, but I'm sure other pre-schools are not in this position.
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