BBC News - Childcare review launched as nursery reforms urged

[Smiley]

It has just been on 1 o clock news, the link below has a video clip that must have been on this morning

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18496847

[JCrakers]

'We need to attract bright people To the sector'

Eh..what..what's that mean then?

[AliceK]

'We need to attract bright people To the sector'

Eh..what..what's that mean then?

It means we are all thick

xxx

[blue bear]

Nothing new under the sun, they have been on about us thick child carers asking as u can remember. All would need nvq by 2000, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2012 and now it's 2015!

[Penny1959]

Nothing new under the sun, they have been on about us thick child carers asking as u can remember. All would need nvq by 2000, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2012 and now it's 2015!

According to the Nutbrown Final report - out today - it is her recommendation that all have a min level 3 by 2022 so set back again.

I have done an interview for local radio this morning - on all sorts of issues - the agency model, schools open to 8, safeguarding, relationships with parents, cost of childcare,- and more but can't remember now!

Penny

[alwaysright]

so do they think all the teachers and staff are going to stay behind until 8pm for free.......makes me laugh, so weres all the funding for all this going to come from as well as all the money being spent looking into it!!

[Kiddleywinks]

Not to mention the higher the qualification the higher the wages

[Smiley]

Well done Penny, you certainly covered some topics

[VINASOL]

Last year, our school decided to do a holiday club during school holidays. I think that there is only one person running it, but they are doing it from 8-5 for £20 a day. The person running it is a teacher (but ex nursery nurse) and the more days you book, the higher the discount you get!

[uf353432]

'We need to attract bright people To the sector'

Eh..what..what's that mean then?

I actually think this is a positive statement. We are worried that changes to deregulation would mean that any old person on the street can become a baby minder and set up shop. This report very clearly states that childminders should have a minimum level of education, and that quality provision is important - so it echoes exactly what we have been saying that we are professionals and deserve to be treated as such.

[watgem]

I agree that its a positive statement but most of us are very qualified as in the last shake up it was everyone had to have level 3 by 2015, all of the CM's bar one in my area are level 3 and 3 of us are level5/6. Preschool and nursery staff in my area are the same, however whereas in other qualifications higher quals means higher wages, it does not seem to apply to childcare or other caring professions for that matter.