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Latest Childminder Updates
Here are the latest additions and updates to our Childminder Guides, Free Childminder Paperwork and other childminder resources. … read more
Free Creative Steps Magazine Autumn 2021 Edition
New Autumn 2021 edition out now! Creative Steps is a unique quarterly magazine providing everyone caring for young children up to age 11 with dozens of fun, creative activity ideas, all designed to encourage learning through creative play. … read more
Covid-19 Self-Isolation Changes for Early Years
LATEST GUIDANCE • The DfE have updated the contingency framework to reflect the position for people previously considered clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV), the shielding programme and details on when increased COVID-19 testing can be recommended by Directors of Public Health. … read more
Childcare.co.uk writes to Minister for Children and Families
Childcare.co.uk have written to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families in England, Vicky Ford, in relation to comments she made in an exchange in the House of Commons with shadow children and early years minister Tulip Siddiq regarding a decline in the number of childcare providers since the start of 2001. We have received a number of concerns from our registered childminder community that the comments are dismissive and disrespectful, appearing to imply that childminders are less important than nursery settings. … read more
Ofsted answer your questions about the revised EYFS 2021
Your questions on the revised EYFS from September 2021 answered by Ofsted HMI's In this exclusive video interview, Sarah Neville puts Childcare.co.uk members' questions to senior Ofsted inspectors. … read more
UK's largest childcare platform allows parents to search for Covid-19 vaccinated childcare providers
Childcare.co.uk, the UK's largest childcare platform with more than 2.5 million members, now allows parents to search for childcare providers and tutors who have received a Covid-19 vaccine. … read more
Exclusive Video Discussion (part 2) with Dr Julian Grenier - Lead Writer of Development Matters - Our members' questions answered ...
Your questions on Development Matters answered by Dr Julian Grenier Our previous video presentation with Julian Grenier, lead writer for the Development Matters 2020 guidance, and Sarah Neville, a three-times Ofsted Outstanding rated registered childminder, has been watched by thousands of early years providers and led to our members asking even more questions about the changes. … read more
Exclusive video interview with Nancy Stewart - Project Lead Birth to 5 Matters
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS, 2021), the new statutory framework to be used from September 2021, introduces a new way of delivering the learning and development requirements for all early years providers in England. … read more
Changes to the EYFS 2021 Q&A
Is there a new EYFS? Yes, after a lengthy consultation, the final version of the EYFS 2021 was published by the Department for Education at the end of March. Read EYFS 2021 … read more
We're saying a big THANK YOU to key workers by giving away 50 restaurant meals including a babysitter to take care of the kids
It's time to say thank you to key workers for all their help during the pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented global emergency unlike anything most of us have ever experienced before. … read more
