Data control: childminders and the internet

Plans to make registered childminders' personal details public could prompt a further exodus from a profession already suffering recruitment problems. James Tweed reports Childminders will soon be quitting the profession if their home addresses are published on the internet, warns the National Childminding Association (NCMA). Ofsted is considering putting home addresses on the website along with childminders' Ofsted reports. But the proposition has been met with alarm by many childminders, who worry that the safety of the...