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Analysis: Childminding networks struggle to expand
Nursery World,
13 August 2008
Lack of investment means less than half of local authorities have childminders offering the free entitlement. So are childminders being left behind in delivering this key aspect of Government policy? asks Laura Marcus
To offer the free entitlement, a childminder must be a member of an accredited network, but it is a requirement that is turning out to prove onerous to some childminders and local authorities. It is also raising questions about how the networks need to develop if the free entitlement, and the EYFS, are to be delivered successfully. Only a minority of childminders are offering the free entitlement...
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