A study by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), produced alongside the Education Policy Institute, found that as a result, nine in 10 employers in England lost at least one member of staff in the past year.
Detailed interviews conducted for the report found that the challenges that forced staff to consider leaving the early years were the same across the workforce.
These included poor pay progression and low salaries, which were felt to be incompatible with increasing workload and responsibilities, as well as the job’s emotional and physical demands, which staff said were made worse by increasing paperwork and demands from parents and employers.
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