Teachers can make informed comments about the child's nursery experience, which has delighted parents
This year partnerships will need to meet the requirement set by the Department for Education and Skills for every non-maintained early years setting delivering the Foundation Stage to have access to support from a QTS (qualified teacher status) teacher.
Many Early Years Development and Childcare Partnerships (EYDCPs) have chosen to link settings with local schools. Others are employing extra early years advisory teachers to work specifically with the non-maintained sector.
In Lewisham, practitioners already had access to four full-time early years advisers with QTS through Lewisham Early Years Advice and Resource Network, providing support and training for staff in the private, community and voluntary sectors and nursery/ reception classes in schools. With just over 100 settings receiving the nursery education grant in Lewisham, seven more teachers were needed to meet the DfES ratio of one teacher to every ten non-maintained settings.
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