The annual National Childminding Association survey of 1,000 of itsmembers selected at random, carried out by OMB research, also found thatjust under three-quarters of childminders had undertaken childcaretraining in the past 12 months.
The number qualified to level 3 has risen to 41 per cent from 29 percent in 2007.
Most childminders were aged between 35 and 44, with just 1 per centunder the age of 25. Sixty-five per cent had worked in childminding forat least three years and 24 per cent more than ten years.
The sector is also recruiting new childminders, with 15 per cent ofrespondents registering in the past 12 months.
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