A touch too light for older children

Kids' Clubs Network has voiced concern that Government proposals for a 'light-touch' certification scheme to regulate out-of-school care for the over-sevens does not go far enough. The scheme has been proposed in a consultation paper, Early Years and Childcare Regulation. At present care for over-eights is not regulated under the Children Act, and the Government fears that unscrupulous people might choose to work only with older children in order to avoid checks.