Childminders have risen in great numbers to protest about proposals circulating in Whitehall that could mean that they are no longer registered and inspected as individuals under the Early Years Foundation Stage.
The National Childminding Association has reacted by launching a campaign, Individual Inspection Matters, and a survey of both NCMA members and non-members.
Some 2,000 childminders had signed up to the campaign in the first week.
Taking childminders out of individual inspection in favour of some sort of agency-based system would fit with the Government's agenda for deregulation, but would in fact be a huge step backwards for the profession and for children and families.
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