Teachers in Early Years settings

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Renfrewshire Joint Negotiating Committee for Teachers
To: Renfrewshire Joint Negotiating Committee for Teachers
On: 10 June 2025
Report by
Joint Secretary (Teachers’ Side)
Teachers in Early Years Settings.
1. Background
1.1  Renfrewshire Council’s decision to remodel the staffing provision within their Early
Years settings has led to the removal of GTCS-registered teachers from Renfrewshire
nurseries, a decision that will deny children access to a GTCS qualified teacher. 
1.2 EIS funded, independent research confirms the importance of maintaining a GTCS
registered teacher workforce in all pre-school settings for all children. The findings
support the conclusions of previous research that employing the skills and leadership
of qualified teachers remains the best way to ensure a quality educational experience
in all nursery settings.
1.3 Curriculum for Excellence supports a seamless curricular model spanning the 3 to 18
age range. It is crucial, therefore, that there is an appropriate level of teacher
involvement in every nursery setting thereby providing continuity into primary school.
1.4 GTCS registered teachers make a distinctive contribution to the education of all
children and to delivering the early interventions that are essential in minimising the
impact of poverty on all children’s educational outcomes both within the Early Years
and beyond.
2. Recommendation
The objections of the Teachers’ Side to the removal of GTCS-registered teachers
from Renfrewshire nurseries to be formally noted.