Early years workforce expansion

More teachers and graduates are to be recruited for nurseries in deprived areas in Scotland through a £1.5 million investment to expand early learning and childcare, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced today.

An extra 435 graduates will be in place by 2018, with every local authority area set to increase their nursery staff numbers.

The funding is the first step towards realising the commitment to ensure nurseries in the most deprived areas benefit from an additional graduate by 2018 – either a teacher with early years expertise or a graduate practitioner with the BA Childhood Practice award.

Mark McDonald the Minister for Childcare & Early Years and the First Minister made the announcement while visiting the nursery at Gorebridge Primary School.

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