Assessor award - FD in Early Years - Help Please!

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Hi,
I am due to start my FD in Early Years in September. But.....I am now reconsidering my options!

I hold a level 3 and work as a Deputy Manager of a nursery. I would like to assess others rather than working with the children on a daily basis. This was the idea behind doing my degree.

I have read that a lot of people have done their degree in early years but nor really been able to earn the kind of money they wanted. I want to do the deree to earn more money than I am on now ( i have 2 children and want to be able to financially support them when they are older with driving lessons, uni etc)

I have seen that there can be a great earning potential from assessing, you can also progress onto the Level 4, and also have qualified trainer status for post 16's.

So my question is really, do I go ahead and start my degree, or change my path and start the assessor course.

Which would have the most earning potential and professional development??

Any opinions, views and ideas greatfully recieved!!

(i am a libra so decision making is very hard for me!!)

Thanks