I think it is incredibly unfair that there is not another route for nursery nurses to enter teaching. Many people who have a degree but have never worked with children before are now able to teach after attending a PGCE course for ten months.
There are many other nursery nurses like myself, who are so committed to educating children that we have given up our full-time salaries for four years.
I agree that nursery assistants should not be expected to teach but, with their experience, there should be another way for them to become teachers.
Rebecca Cullimore
Bristol
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