The early years workforce matters for children’s development. But time after time, efforts to increase the skills and qualification levels of workers have been beset by a series of missed opportunities.
A patchwork approach to policymaking does not work – everybody would agree on that. Yet, that’s what the sector has experienced on a regular basis since 2009/10. Now that we have a new government and a potential early reshuffle, no matter who ends up in charge of the early years, the hope is they will keep in mind the lessons learned from the past and tackle some of the sector’s long-standing problems.
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