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Childminder ban delights sector
By Alison Mercer,
Nursery World,
22 May 2003
Childcare organisations and charities have warmly welcomed the U-turn by the Department for Education and Skills bringing England in line with Scotland and Wales on banning childminders from smacking the children in their care or smoking in front of them. The national standards for under-eights daycare and childminding south of the border, introduced in 2001, allowed childminders to smack and smoke if they had parents' written consent.
Childcare organisations and charities have warmly welcomed the U-turn by the Department for Education and Skills bringing England in line with Scotland and Wales on banning childminders from smacking the children in their...
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