The work by the Family and Childcare Trust (FACT), published today, concludes that 22,000 nursery workers, the equivalent of one in ten, are being paid less than the National Living Wage, set at £7.20 per hour for the over-25s. It says this is despite nurseries receiving millions of pounds in Government funding.
The research is based upon data from the Department for Education’s (DfE) Childcare and Early Years providers survey 2016, which was carried out between March 2016, the month before the National Living Wage was introduced on 1 April, and when the legal minimum was £6.70 per hour, and July 2016.
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