There are some 50,000 childminders in the UK. Operating as single-person businesses, childminders often work long hours in their own homes, accessing professional development with difficulty. Professional support services have been cut in some areas, while the growing demands on them include Ofsted accountability, statutory requirements and health and safety rules.
Helping childminders tackle these challenges is one of the reasons why The Kyra Teaching School Alliance, in collaboration with Lincolnshire County Council’s Birth to Five service, based in Lincolnshire, is leading a project.
The project, which is funded by the National College for Teaching and Leadership, has led to the creation of 21 three-person research and networking groups, or ‘triads’, involving 50 childminder and other early years settings around the county.
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