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 as the EYFS, with its demands for adherence and for assessment and recording of children. This could mean many extra hours of work after the children have left for the day. For some, coping with the demands of the EYFS was not what they came into childminding for.
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