Nursery World - Editor’s view

The supply of Level 3 staff, and student placements, have been hit by the pandemic, leaving knowledge gaps in the workforce

Karen Faux

I’m hearing a lot at the moment about the need for the workforce to prioritise a knowledge of child development. It’s seen as the key to best practice in an early years world beset by new challenges.

So it seems there couldn’t be a worse time for the sector to be faced with a recruitment crisis, particularly when it comes to experienced, Level 3 staff. These candidates were declining steeply before Covid struck and now come at an ever greater premium. For those settings who can afford to grow their own, there is the problem of accessing L3 courses locally, with many colleges having dropped them due to low take-up (see page 44).

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