In its budget proposals, currently out for consultation, the City of Edinburgh Council proposes moving teachers from its nursery schools to fill primary school vacancies.
Currently, all nursery schools in Edinburgh employ at least one qualified teacher.
The nursery teachers would be replaced by early years practitioners. Some nursery teachers would be retained in each of the city’s four localities to provide support.
The council points to findings from the Care Inspectorate that having qualified teaching staff in settings, as opposed to supporting settings, makes no impact on quality.
Other plans include replacing headteachers in individual nursery schools with the local primary headteacher.
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