Applications open today for 15 hours free childcare for two-year-olds childcare.co.uk/news/free-chil…

Changes to the EYFS 2024 - Use our EYFS Toolkit to stay updated childcare.co.uk/eyfs

Free childcare plan in chaos as funding for Tories’ key pledge unravels independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

Free early years webinars for childcare providers Register now to improve your knowledge and gain valuable CPD hours. childcare.co.uk/webinars

Childminder decline sends families 'back to the 1950s' bbc.in/3vLXoOP

Funding Fees Policy guidance for childminders childcare.co.uk/funding-fees-p…

Updated free sample childminder contracts now available childcare.co.uk/childminding-c…

Writing a Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy childcare.co.uk/childminderpol…

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Today we spoke to BBC Essex about why the government isn't doing enough to support existing childminders or encourage new childminders to join the profession.

Government initiatives to encourage new childminders into the profession are a drop in the ocean compared to what is really required say Childcare.co.uk.

Dog walkers earn more than double the rate of pay per hour of registered childminders childcare.co.uk/news/dog-walke…

Can any parents help with this?

Letter to BBC The One Show regarding portrayal of registered childminders childcare.co.uk/news/childcare…

Registered Childminders support and identify early signs and developmental delay issues for all children including SEND a very narrow point of view BBC The One Show well done Childcare.co.uk for highlighting UNITE Registered Childminders NI Leta glenn Sharon Collins Cathy Thompson lindsey coalter Theresa McCaughey

The One Show respond to comments from furious childminders after yesterday's episode which implied that they were inferior to nurseries.

Are you a nanny earning six-figures? telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer…

The Early Years Summit 2024 has flown by! It's been fantastic to help share the insights of our amazing speakers. The support from Childcare.co.uk helped make it possible Miss a session? Don't worry! Recordings are available on the online store earlyyearssummit.com/online-store/

Earlier today, we received information about a highly inappropriate tweet sent by a Twitter user unknown to us. Allegations later emerged that this individual may be an Ofsted registered childminder who had an advert on our platform. We took immediate action to suspend this

The government have confirmed that single-word Ofsted gradings will be scrapped for early years settings in the coming months. Do you agree with these changes?