Private and voluntary sector nurseries in Scotland are facing a staffing crisis, a year before the full roll-out of 1,140-hour funded childcare in the country.
According to the National Day Nurseries Association, PVI providers – which make up half of all daycare settings and offer a quarter of all funded hours – are losing staff to schools and council-run nurseries that can afford to pay higher wages.
NDNA Scotland’s first early years workforce survey reveals a crisis as nurseries struggle to recruit the right staff, and the majority (62 per cent) face significant challenges keeping the workers they already have.
Staff turnover at Scottish PVI nurseries is 29 per cent, higher than England’s 24 per cent.
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