Moved by
The Earl of Listowel
6: Clause 1, page 1, line 5, at end insert—
“(1A) For the purposes of securing “high-quality childcare” under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must, within 6 months of this section coming into force, lay a report before both Houses of Parliament setting out her strategy for developing the early years workforce.
(1B) The strategy mentioned in subsection (1A) must include in particular—
(a) a target for the number of graduates in the early years workforce,
(b) a target for the proportion of managers of early years settings who are graduates, and
(c) a plan for increasing the number of nursery schools to a specified level.”