Press release published by DfE on 11July 2013 "Childcare Qualifications Overhaul"

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/childcare-qualifications-overhaul

DfE: Policy- Improving the quality and range of education and childcare from birth to 5 years 

The National College of Teaching and Leadership sets out more detail on what will be expected of the new early years teachers and early years educators.

I am particularly interested in the paragraph written by Ms Truss MP which reads as follows: Good quality early years education, which is teacher-led, has been shown to be beneficial for children, especially those from low income backgrounds.

I wonder if she realises that the low income backgrounds she is concerned about may well be the same backgrounds where the under-paid Early Years workforce are destined to live!