It is clear that recruiting graduates into the PVI sector remains very challenging,’ wrote children and families minister Nadhim Zahawi in a letter to the Education Select Committee in July. While many settings would like to employ more highly qualified staff, providing the salary and career progression opportunities that graduates are looking for remains a problem.
Ceeda data shows that 74 per cent of early years staff who are thinking of leaving their jobs say they are driven by a desire for more challenges, 71 per cent by limited opportunities to progress and 64 per cent because they are unhappy with pay and benefits. While those figures are taken from all staff, not just those at a higher level, a Save the Children survey conducted in collaboration with Nursery World found that 79 per cent of managers without an Early Years Teacher cited salary costs as a barrier, followed by training costs (39 per cent) and a lack of interest among staff to get the qualification (35 per cent).
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