Care bodies criticise proposed standards

The omission of qualification requirements for staff caring for school-age children from the Scottish Executive's latest proposals for the regulation of daycare has been criticised by the Scottish Out-of-School Care Network. The network's chief executive Irene Audain said it was worrying that no mention had been made of 'at least working towards a 50 per cent qualified workforce for services for children of school age'. She said, 'Surely these services are just as important professionally as services for under fives? What we should be working towards with the standards is a fully professional workforce for all childcare, learning and play...