Providers asked about new registration rules

The Department for Education and Skills is seeking views from early years providers on plans for a new system of compulsory registration to replace the current arrangements for childcare for children under the age of eight from September 2008. Under the Childcare Act there will be compulsory registration on the new Early Years Register for pre-school providers and on the Ofsted Childcare Register for childcare for children from the start of school to age seven.