The early years workforce is fundamental to delivering a high quality experience for children in the early years. Yet the workforce is undervalued, underpaid and lacking opportunities to progress in terms of qualifications and careers.
We work to highlight existing challenges and campaign for solutions relating to:
With funding from the Nuffield Foundation, we have been researching and working with policy makers on early years workforce issues across the four UK nations. Find out more:
Ofsted’s latest annual review highlights the impact of recruitment and retention challenges and finds a link between inspection outcomes and the proportion of graduates in
by Clarissa Frigerio Why are there so few men teaching in the early years? I have worked in the profession for almost 9 years, and
The tenth early years minister in ten years, Kelly Tolhurst, is now in post. It’s good news that early years is part of a Minister
