The findings are based on children’s socio-emotional index scores, which are generated from scores for their assertiveness, co-operation, curiosity, emotional control, empathy, persistence and stress resistance.
Highlighting evidence that suggests that attending ECEC (early childhood education and care settings) with a high-quality workforce has a positive impact on children’s development, it calls for the Government create ‘a clear Early Years Workforce Strategy’ for attracting and retaining sufficient early years staff, ensuring early years educators are appropriately qualified, and ensuring adequate access to professional development.
It also links this recommendation with the need for 40,000 extra early years educators for the expansion of early years entitlements for working parents.
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