Source · Select Committees · Education Committee
Recommendation 27
27
Rejected
Incentivise early years settings to provide higher pay for staff development and promotions.
Recommendation
Staff development and promotions in Early Years settings should be met with higher pay. We recommend the Government consider how best to incentivise and fund settings to do this, for example by setting standards for staff pay as a condition for receiving funding for the 30-hours entitlement. (Paragraph 155) Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
Government Response Summary
The government states it will continue to explore options for workforce recruitment and retention but has no plans to set staff pay rates for early years settings, anticipating that increased funding for new entitlements will give providers greater opportunity to increase wages.
Government Response
Rejected
HM Government
Rejected
We will continue to explore and review a range of options on how best to support the recruitment and retention of the early years workforce as the rollout of the new entitlements begins. However, we currently have no plans to set rates of pay for staff working in early years settings. The majority of the early years sector is made up of private, voluntary and independent (PVI) organisations who set their own rates of pay. However, we anticipate that this additional funding for new entitlements, alongside the significant uplift in funding for existing entitlements, gives providers greater opportunity to increase staff pay. In addition, the Government is committed to building a high wage, high skilled economy that works for everyone. That’s why the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage have increased every year since their introduction - and this year was no different.