Not understand the benefit of having a qualified teacher in school nursery

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How is a school nursery better than a day nursery or pre school? Surely all the children learn through play. Why is a qualified teacher better at supervising a bunch of tots than a nursery nurse.

Are outcomes for children in school nursery better than private nursery/ pre school?

Everything is taught through play and there is no formal teaching. Why is better to have qualified teacher rather than more nursery nurses? Many nursery nurses have substantial qualifications in childcare. Surely the important thing is to have someone who is hands on who will play with the children rather than endlessly making boring notes.

Seven years ago my son had a mixture of teacher directed and child directed activites. Why is it deemed so wrong for a young child to be taught something?

Katy the manager at my setting did her EYPS when it was going to be equivalent to QTS. Then it changed to being "similar to" and now if you read Nutbrown, there is going to be an "easy route between EYPS and QTS" so basically not the same at all. It is very, very unfair.

I think it is just because not all settings can afford someone with a degree and councils don't have enough money to top it up.

DD went to a preschool, run by a parent committee, not for profit etc. The staff were highly qualified and the ratios were low. She flourished there. it was a fab setting but required alot of parental imput, fundraising/doing accounts etc/

In reception at her school there is a teacher, a nursery nurse (TAs in all other classes) and 1-to-1 TAs for statemented children. This also worked well.

DS has been in a childcare nursery, he has learnt less academic stuff than DD but I am not worried.

I wouldnt send a child to a state nursery class because the tend to be less flexible in terms of days/hours of sessions. The only benefit I can see is that children mak friend who are more likely to go into reception.

camdancer so, so unfair