Ethnicity and the Early Years Workforce

A BERA-funded research project investigating workforce ethnicity in UK Maintained Nursery Schools.

This research aims to find out a) how ethnicity in the early years workforce intersects with leadership responsibilities and professional qualifications and b) how the ethnicity of early years professionals compares with the ethnicity of children and families accessing early years education locally. The research takes place in Maintained Nursery Schools across the UK.

Dr Mona Sakr (Middlesex University, London) leads the research, which is funded by the British Education Research Association (BERA).

If you are a Head Teacher of a Maintained Nursery School, you can let us know you’d like to participate in the survey through this form.

Principal Investigator:

Dr Mona Sakr
Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood
Middlesex University

m.sakr@mdx.ac.uk

Advisory Panel

Shaddai Tembo

Lecturer in Early Education and Childhood Practice at Perth College UHI, Postgraduate Researcher at University of the West of Scotland, Trustee of Early Education

Liz Pemberton

CEO, The Black Nursery Manager – consultancy and training specialising in anti-racist early childhood education. Qualified Secondary Teacher and former Nursery Manager.

Dr Valerie Daniel

Lecturer in Early Education and Childhood Practice at Perth College UHI, Postgraduate Researcher at University of the West of Head Teacher of Washwood Heath Nursery School, Birmingham Association of Maintained Nursery Schools

Beatrice Merrick

CEO, Early Education – the British Association for Early Childhood Education

Sara Bonetti

Director of Early Years, Education Policy Institute. Researching workforce and workforce development in the early years

Research Assistants

Celina Santos Pinto

Student on MA Childhood and Education in Diverse Societies at Middlesex University.

Magdalena Dujczynski

Student on MA Childhood and Education in Diverse Societies at Middlesex University.