Childminders will soon be quitting the profession if their home addresses are published on the internet, warns the National Childminding Association (NCMA).
Ofsted is considering putting home addresses on the website along with childminders' Ofsted reports. But the proposition has been met with alarm by many childminders, who worry that the safety of the children in their care, themselves and their own homes could be threatened.
'Ofsted needs to realise that it cannot treat childminders in the same way as nurseries and schools,' says NCMA chief executive Gill Haynes. 'Most registered childminders are women working alone in their own homes, caring for very young children. They feel that having their personal details available for the world to see online could make them an easy target for everyone from telesales and direct mail organisations to nuisance callers, paedophiles and stalkers.
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