Childminder recruitment and retention consultation – feedback from all areas of the childcare sector required
Childminders are a key part of the early education and childcare market as they offer care that can be tailored to the needs of parents and children. Children enjoy the benefits of being cared for in a nurturing environment, while childminders can work more flexibly and even care for their own children during their working day.
The reforms announced in the Spring Budget 2023 are a great opportunity for childminders to thrive in the childcare sector, but there is more to do to support childminders to join and remain in the sector.
The Department for Education (DfE) are consulting on three proposals to support childminder recruitment and retention and support the role of childminder agencies in the sector. They are seeking views on their proposals, as well as gathering evidence on how they can best support childminders in future.
This consultation is open to the public and in particular invites responses from:
- Current, former, and prospective childminders and providers of CODP
- Other early years providers
- Childminder agencies (CMAs)
- Parents
- Ofsted
- Organisations that represent childminders, providers of CODP and other early years providers
- Local authorities and the local government association
- Regulated healthcare professionals who work in GPs surgeries
- Landlords and any relevant representative bodies
Childminder recruitment and retention consultation
The consultation closes at 11.59pm, 10 May 2024.