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Opinion: Editor's view - Many childminders need more support to make the job worthwhile
Nursery World,
15 May 2008
While the number of total childcare places has been rising in recent years, the sharp decline in the ranks of childminders has gone almost unnoticed (see News, page 4).
Over the year to March 2008, numbers dropped by more than 5,000, and the situation could deteriorate further as the implementation of the Early Years Foundation Stage approaches. Childminders, many working alone and with little support, have had to take on an awful lot of late. The transfer of inspection and regulation to Ofsted drove some away. Now, however, they are faced with a huge increase in registration fees as well...
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