The Children's Workforce Development Council is currently inviting tenders to run a pilot based on the Teach First scheme, which aims to attract top graduates into teaching. But the financial package on offer for the early years scheme would only amount to between £16,000 and £18,000 a year.
The three-year pilot will see 60 graduates, who have achieved at least a 2:1, train for two years, gaining Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) in the first year.
But John Chowcat, general secretary of union Aspect, said that the package proposed is inferior to Teach First. "If you add it all up it is still below the £17,000 to £20,000 offered on Teach First, which also offers other benefits such as 13 weeks holiday and access to a pension," he said.
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