Pedagogy with babies: perspectives of eight nursery managers

Figures & data

Table 1. The organisational context of each nursery.

	Total number of places available for children aged 0–5 years	Single or nursery chain?	Youngest age range and number	Age range of babies/young children in one room	Take babies from (months)	Hours of opening	Respondents title and highest level of qualification^a	Baby staff qualifications^a	Ofsted grading^b
		A = single;
		B =  < 5 nurseries;
		C = 5 + nurseries
M1	102	C	32 × 3–24 m	3–12 m	3	7.30–6.00	Manager: Level 4	1 × level 4	Outstanding
						51 weeks of year		4 × level 3
								1 × level 2
M2	26		12 × 3–24 m	3–48 m	8	8.00–5.00	Manager: Level 4	1 × level 5	Good
						Term time only	Senior B R Practitioner: BA (Hons)	2 × level 3
M3	57		12 × 3–12 m	3–24 m	3	7.15–6.30	Manager: BA EYS	2 × level 3	Outstanding
						51 weeks of year		2 × level 2
M4	174		12 × 3–12 m	3–12 m	3	7.30–6.30	Owner/Manager: BA (Hons) EYS with EYPS	2 × level 3	Outstanding
						51 weeks of year		3 × level 2
M5	80	C	12 × 3–15 m	3–15 m	3	7.30–6.30	Principal – BA Hons (Early Ed) + NNEB	1 × level 3	Good
								1 × level 2
M6	77	A	21 × 3–24 m	3–15 m	3	7.30–6.30	Manager	3 × level 3	Good
						51 weeks of year	Foundation degree in EYs + BA Hons (Leadership)	1 × level 2
M7	46	A	6 × 3 m–24 m	3 m–12 m	3	8.00–5.30	Manager Level 6 with EYPS	2 × level 3	Good
M8	98	B	20 × 3 m–15 m	3 m–15 m	6	7.30–6.30	Manager /joint owner – BA with EYPS	2 × level 3	Good
								2 × level 2

^aEYPS = Early Years Professional Status was a qualification introduced by the UK government in 2007 intended to be broadly equivalent to qualified teacher status. It has now been phased out and is being replaced by Early Years Teacher Status.

^bOfsted is the UK national inspection agency. It inspects early years and day care provision awarding four categories of grade (outstanding; good; requires improvement; inadequate).