Last week, EPI published a new analysis of the early years workforce data. Our aim was to bring together many of the disparate datasets and see if we could improve our current understanding.
One of the main, and most worrying, findings from our report is that while around 75 per cent of the workforce had at least a Level 3 qualification in 2016, this figure fell dramatically from 2015 when it stood at 83 per cent. One explanation could be related to cost – a PACEY survey found that the cost of Level 3 courses had increased from £250 in 2012 to £1,900 in 2015.
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