A new report, Early Years Workforce Development in England, published by the Education Policy Institute (EPI), says many of these policies and programmes lacked the “necessary ingredients” to bring about sustained change to the workforce’s qualification levels and to the quality of provision.
Instead they represent a “missed opportunity” for real impact that a much-needed long-term vision and coherent strategy could bring to the early years sector, the report states.
The report, the second of its kind in a series investigating key topics for the early years, examines how the government can provide the right incentives for the sector to employ and retain highly qualified and skilled practitioners.
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