Nursery World - NSPCC looks at nanny inspection

The feasibility of having all nannies registered and inspected is being examined by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). Last week the child protection charity began looking at whether a UK-wide register of all nannies could be run along similar lines to Ofsted's Early Years Directorate's registration and inspection of child-minders in England. The move followed a meeting last week between the NSPCC and campaigners for a national nanny register.

Last week the child protection charity began looking at whether a UK-wide register of all nannies could be run along similar lines to Ofsted's Early Years Directorate's registration and inspection of child-minders in England. The move followed a meeting last week between the NSPCC and campaigners for a national nanny register.

NSPCC education and employment policy adviser David Coulter said afterwards, 'The NSPCC is happy to argue for a national register of nannies.' He said one of the biggest hurdles to be overcome was changing people's attitudes to the need for such a register. In comparison he pointed out how the charity had long lobbied for an organisation to protect children involved in sport from predatory paedophiles, but it was only after Britain's head swimming coach Paul Hickson was jailed in 1995 for raping and abusing girls he trained that the first UK Child Protection in Sport Unit was set up in the NSPCC offices in Leicester.

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