A meeting for nursery nurse members of Unison is set for 1 July at the regional office in Exeter. Around 100 nursery nurses in schools will be affected by the change to term-time-only contracts (News, 28 May and 11 June).
Under the plans, they will have a new job description of Early Years Assistant and will be downgraded to grade C, the same level as an unqualified teaching assistant. Higher Level Teaching Assistants are on grade D.
Unison's head of education and children's workforce Christina MacAnea told Nursery World that the council appears to be getting rid of the nursery nurse grade completely. 'This is about not valuing early years education. It's short-sighted not to recognise their unique qualifications and experience.'
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