Nursery World - Ofsted comments outrage NCMA

A row has broken out between Ofsted and the National Childminding Association, after Ofsted used its first annual early years lecture to suggest that childminders were 'not up to the job' of delivering all aspects of the EYFS.

The National Childminding Association (NCMA) has written to Ofsted hitting back at suggestions that childminders should primarily deliver 'care' not education in the EYFS.

Sue Gregory, national director of education at Ofsted, echoed comments made in Ofsted's annual report, which proposed childminders should only be required to deliver some aspects of the EYFS and not all of the learning and development requirements.

In her speech to an audience at the Foundling Museum in London, Ms Gregory said, 'There's a question about whether all those who work with the very youngest children, especially childminders, should be required to deliver more than the prime areas.'

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