Nursery World - Longer hours for same pay under single status rules

Schools in Sunderland stand accused of using nursery nurses to run extended schools on the cheap, as they are forced to work more hours to keep the same pay under the single status agreement.

Ms Smith told Nursery World, 'I believe that local authorities are getting wraparound care for nothing. The only way nursery nurses can make up their pay is by running out-of-school and holiday clubs. They're paying us the same money for more work.'

She will tell delegates, 'I have been told that my experience and qualifications do not count towards my pay and I am paid on my job profile only. This means that someone straight from college with fewer qualifications and no experience could be paid the same.'

Ms Smith, who has worked as a nursery nurse in primary schools for 23 years, has an NNEB, is a trained speech and language assessor and has completed one year of a Foundation Degree.

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