The latest findings from the longitudinal Study of Early Education and Development (SEED), which is tracking 6,000 children from the age of two to the end of Key Stage 1, highlights the good quality of childcare provided by childminders.
Although childminders provide much of the childcare for this age group, not much in-depth research has been done before, the report’s authors said.
The research by the University of Oxford and 4Children was commissioned by the Department for Education following the Government’s extension of two-year-old funded places and aims to shed light on the key characteristics of childminding provision, including quality and care.
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