The council has decided to trial the role of "senior nursery nurse" which will mean nurseries with more than 40 pupils in a session would be allocated a senior nursery nurse to support the teacher, instead of additional fully-qualified teaching support.
According to a report commissioned by the council, feedback from the nursery sector suggested that the majority of providers would prefer additional support from a senior nursery nurse. The council will be running a series of pilot schemes at Edinburgh-based nurseries this summer - four nurseries have already confirmed they will be taking part.
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