The Covid-19 pandemic and the early years workforce - November 2020 - February 2021

Where settings reported that the number of staff that they had furloughed or made redundant since November was more than 120% of the number of staff they had employed in November, we did not include their responses in averages, on the assumption that this response was a typo or misunderstanding of the question. [...] While the long-term effects of these developments remain to be seen, this survey of nurseries in England, Scotland and Wales aims to give an indication of the short-term effects they are having on the staff employed in the sector. [...] ...and 83% are more ...and 83% are more ...and 89% are ...and 88% are likely to reduce hours likely to reduce more likely to make more likely to make of staff with lower hours of staff who less qualified staff redundant staff who qualifications are less experienced redundant are less experienced CPD opportunities We asked settings about the training that they offer to their staff and about the CPD. [...] The findings in this section suggest that the approach to training and CPD differs between single sites and smaller chains on the one hand and larger chains of settings on the other, with larger chains appearing more likely to offer CPD over and above what is required and to experience fewer issues in securing training opportunities. [...] Settings told us that they expected to rely less on the furlough schemes in the three months to the end of April, expecting to place 6% of staff on full-time furlough and 11% on part-time furlough.