Staff turnover raises concerns in sector

Just under three in ten former childcare students are not working in the sector 15 months after completing their NVQ level 3 course, the Thomas Coram Research Unit has found. The research, carried out by a team including Professor Peter Moss and Dr Claire Cameron for the Department for Education and Skills, found that nearly three-quarters of students (72 per cent) were still working either in childcare or a related field 15 months after completing their course. But 19 per cent had not worked in childcare at all since leaving college, while nine per cent had had at least one...