While I realise classroom assistants do a great job, I feel let down that nursery nurses, who have been trying both nationally and locally for a re-grading for many years - the last in Scotland being 20 years ago - are being bypassed again, with some councils even talking about downgrading them. Nursery nurses have to go to college for a minimum of two years while many classroom assistants train while on the job, yet some could be earning up to 20,000 while we nursery nurses at the top of our scale get just over 13,000.
While I realise classroom assistants do a great job, I feel let down that nursery nurses, who have been trying both nationally and locally for a re-grading for many years - the last in Scotland being 20 years ago - are being bypassed again, with some councils even talking about downgrading them.
Nursery nurses have to go to college for a minimum of two years while many classroom assistants train while on the job, yet some could be earning up to 20,000 while we nursery nurses at the top of our scale get just over 13,000.
It's about time our worth was recognised.
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