Nurseries: Staff

(asked on 18th January 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of nurseries in the private, voluntary and independent sector in each local authority employ at least one member of staff with early years practitioner or qualified-teacher status.


Answered by
Caroline Dinenage Portrait
Caroline Dinenage
This question was answered on 23rd January 2017

The Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey 2013 data shows that 59 per cent of full day care settings had at least one member of paid staff who was qualified to level 6 (degree level) or higher. This data is not available at a local authority level.

Our latest workforce data on early years teachers and those with qualified teacher status working in early years settings is taken from the 2016 early years and schools census. The data is available in the Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2016 data release. This data provides the number and proportion of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) holders and early years teachers working with children aged 2, 3 and 4 who are accessing funded early education.

This data shows an increase from 42% in 2015 to 43% in 2016 of PVI providers employing graduates working with funded 2 year olds. There has also been an increase from 47% in 2015 to 48% in 2016 of PVI providers employing graduate staff working with 3 and 4 year olds. These proportions represent increases in real numbers of early years teachers and QTS holders working with 2, 3 and 4 year olds.

The picture across local authority areas is variable, and this data is available in tables 10LA and 11LA at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2016

The Government has committed to developing a workforce strategy that will set out what we will do to remove barriers to employers attracting, retaining and developing staff, including the graduate workforce.

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