'Scrap EYFS rule on school teachers'

By Catherine Gaunt, Nursery World, 1 August 2008

The Government should scrap the requirement to have teachers leading the EYFS in maintained nursery schools and classes, a union leader said this week.

Members of the education union Voice voted in favour of the motion to scrap the requirement to have at least one teacher leading the EYFS in maintained nursery schools and classes at their annual conference. They also called on the Government to give 'due recognition and reward' to experienced nursery staff in schools who do not have qualified teacher status and to those with Early Years Professional Status. Deborah Lawson, who proposed the motion, said, 'As...

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