The Childcare Survey of Great Britain questioned 2,000 working mothers. Its findings include that parents' 'ideal form of childcare' would be 'a well-trained nanny'.
The research was carried out by the television channel Discovery Home & Health to coincide with the start of 'Nanny School', its 15-part series that follows a group of students attending Norland College.
According to the survey, mothers have a range of issues about the quality of childcare: 34 per cent think 'the treatment of their child is generally poor'; 23 per cent claim their nursery has 'failed to stimulate the child properly'; and 22 per cent have raised 'poor safety and security issues'
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