Nurseries ‘failing vulnerable children’ amid staffing crisis

Low pay and status affect teaching morale, says former children’s commissioner

The former children’s commissioner for England has called for an investigation into early years education amid concerns about a staff recruitment crisis in nurseries due to lack of training and low morale.

Sir Al Aynsley-Green accused the government of denying the importance of children’s early years and depriving the most vulnerable in society of the support they need when very young. Aynsley-Green, a paediatric endocrinologist who served as the children’s commissioner for England from 2005 to 2009, said an independent national inquiry was needed to investigate the realities of early years provision, which he described as a postcode lottery.

Morale in the early years sector is awful. We are facing a massive challenge of recruitment

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from Children | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2PSBPql