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Ceeda Data: About Early Years 4 - Gaps in the market

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The new About Early Years Sector Skills Survey finds childcare employers are four times as likely to say staff lack crucial skills than in other sectors. By Hannah Crown

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SKILLS GAPS

More than one in two settings (55 per cent) report skills gaps in their existing workforce, over four times the 13 per cent of employers who report this across the wider economy. An estimated 35,600 early years staff (11 per cent) have skills gaps, compared with 4 per cent across all sectors.

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‘Soft’ skills and attitudes are particularly lacking (see table above). A lack of interest/enthusiasm, problem solving, resilience and self-confidence, listening and communication and team working are cited in more cases than formally-taught skills such as maths and English.

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