More than half of nurseries say they will spend less on staff training in the next year.
And eighty-five per cent of those providers who have less budget to spend on training cited rising business costs as a major factor.
Early findings from the National Day Nurseries Association’s sixth workforce survey, out on Wednesday, reveal how the climate of underfunding and squeezed budgets is having an impact on nurseries’ ability to provide training and CPD.
It is released against a backdrop of higher costs, inadequate Government funding and increased staff turnover, which means nurseries will continue to struggle to upskill the workforce, the NDNA said.
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