Professor Iram Siraj, who chaired the Independent Review of the Scottish Early Learning and Childcare Workforce review, called for all nursery workers to be paid the living wage or above.
There should also be a national pay scale adopted by all local authority provision, and which should also be adopted by voluntary sector and private providers that offer places for funded children.
The report found that some qualifications were more ‘fit for purpose’ than others and that the distribution patterns of highly qualified staff and high quality provision varied across Scotland.
The wide-ranging review, which was commissioned by the Scottish government, makes 31 recommendations, and calls for a strategic group to oversee a 15-year plan to develop the workforce.
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