The survey revealed high levels of job satisfaction:
* More than 90 per cent of nursery workers viewed their work as a long-term career.
* 80 per cent of staff felt settled in their jobs.
The main sources of satisfaction were: working together as a group (47 per cent of managers, 75 per cent of other staff); personal satisfaction to be gained from the work (36 per cent of managers, 28 per cent of other staff); and working with children and contributing to children's development (22 per cent of managers and 38 per cent of other staff).
* Looking ahead five years, 73 per cent of managers of nurseries and 48 per cent of nursery workers expected to be working in their present or another day nursery. Most expect to be working full-time (not necessarily in childcare). Only 8 per cent of staff expect not to be working in childcare.
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