childminders next month to discuss the Government's pilot of childminder
agencies.
The education and childcare minister has 'reached out' to the UK Childminding Association (UKCMA) to help facilitate the meeting, which will take place at the House of Commons in mid February.
Early years organisations, including the Pre-School Learning Alliance, Independent Childminders Social Enterprise (ICM-SE) and the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years, have been invited to attend. News of the meeting follows the launch of an Ofsted consultation into the inspection framework for childminder agencies last week.
Lynda de Wolf, joint director of the UKCMA, told Nursery World that the group intends to use the meeting to discuss why the number of childminders has reduced in the past decade, concerns raised by childminders about agencies, and funding for the disadvantaged two-year-olds.
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