Childcare is increasingly expensive for parents – and staff are leaving the sector.
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Cutting the cost of childcare for families won’t help them if there are no places available at local childcare centres or people to staff them.
Childcare centres are closing due to staff shortages, but this was a problem well before the pandemic.
They’re among the lowest-paid in the country but are working many hours unpaid to meet the demands of accreditation. With 73% wanting to leave the profession in the next three years, change is needed.
Not being able to attend nurseries due to lockdown has affected children’s growth in emotional, linguistic and physical terms. The longterm effect could heighten inequality
One in five early childhood educators said they planned to leave their job within a year. It is vital we design a system and policies to ensure there are enough to meet the demand.
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer, Early Childhood Education, University of New England
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Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Adjunct Associate Professor of Education Policy, Victoria University
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NIHR and Castang Foundation Advanced Fellow, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor in Language Development, University of Leeds
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Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Oxford Brookes University
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Director International Montessori Institute, Leeds Beckett University
