Nursery workers aren't educated enough...

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17496323

What do you make of this? The suggestion is that poorly qualified/achieving teenagers tend to head towards a job in childcare or hairdressing whereas the report feels that standards of literacy/numeracy should be higher for those working with young children.

Presumably if the requirements for childrcare jobs change, the wages will need to be higher (and there is no money?!)? Where should the low achieving secondary school children aim to have a job?

So if a few of you posters are saying you dont need qualifications to work in childcare, how is it that i had to do my nvq in childcare before i could even step foot into the uniform? How did you manage to get work in childcare with no qualifications and just common sense? Did you already know about the EYFS, Ofsted, Child Protection, Child development & language, nutrition, allergies, first aid, food & hygiene etc?

Yes I am a childminder.