A few days after the UK voted to leave the European Union (EU), NDNA warned that this decision would likely amplify the challenges in recruitment that the sector was already experiencing.
Now, nearly two years later, we can see the full extent of the recruitment crisis that is threatening the early years sector.
We know that more qualified staff than ever before - particularly level 3 practitioners - are leaving their jobs in nurseries for better-paid positions in schools or out of the sector altogether. It was a shock to find that 86 per cent of nurseries lost staff over the past year.
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