Leaders of the children's services union Aspect, which is part of Prospect, met with Department of Education representatives this week to caution them against implementing recommendations published in the government-commissioned Nutbrown report.
Cathy Nutbrown’s review on early years qualifications suggested that an early years specialist route to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) should replace the current Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) held by around 10,000 early years practitioners.
But Aspect claimed that such a move would lower standards of care in early years provision and could lead to a reduction in the overall number of early years professionals.
“It would encourage people not to come into the profession – and it has been a struggle to get graduates into the profession,” said Claire Dent, professional lead for the early years national committee at Aspect.
“But it would also encourage people to leave the profession, either to go into teaching or to just leave because they’re so disheartened.
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