World Class - What England can learn from global experience to make early years policy

■ There are concerns about the quality of provision on offer, with the amount of funding given to providers for the 15 and 30 hour entitlements lower than the cost to settings to provide those hours, with potential impacts on quality. [...] A While this increased enrolment and recent government consultation on changes to the early years workforce in view attendance in ECEC, quickly ramping up new of the expansion includes several suggestions private sector provision combined with a low to reduce the qualifications of the workforce, for supply of high-quality staff led to reduced example, by reducing the percentage of level quality. [...] ■ To recruit and train almost 2,000 new early years educators, the city partnered with the Department of Education and City University; the Department of Education also took steps to reduce the pay gap between ECEC educators across settings; new investments in ongoing professional development were also established in partnership with the Department of Education and the Bank Street College of Educa. [...] In 2022, the OECD calculated that the net cost of childcare for two children to a lone-parent, low-income household was 2% of the average wage.ᵇ Staff Requirements – Qualifications: Staff-to-child Ratio: As a condition of receiving state funding under the ECCE ■ Under one-year: 1:3 programme, centres must commit to employing only ■ One to two and a half years old: 1:5 qualified staff. [...] In 2022, the OECD calculated that the net cost of childcare for two children to a lone-parent, low-income household was 0% of the average wage.ᵇ Staff Requirements – Qualifications: Staff-to-child Ratio: In infant settings (0 – 3), educators must have either a BA ■ For infant nursery schools, the municipality decides on in Education, with a focus on early childhood education, the required group si.