Helen Dawkins, founder of the UK Childminding Association (UKCMA), said childminders she had spoken to were insulted by the report, because it doesn't give a fair representation of how well-qualified they need to be and what the job entails.
The CSJ's report - Transforming Childcare, Changing Lives: making sure that work pays - written by Deven Ghelani, calls for an overhaul of childcare to tackle the extortionate costs of daycare that threaten the Government's attempts to make work pay.
According to childminders, there are many fundamental inaccuracies within the report, including figures on how much childminders charge, which the report claims is on average £4.19 per hour.The report says that the figure on childminders' fees is taken from the Department for Education Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents in 2010.
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