A consultation launched this week by the DCSF proposes a new fee bandsystem for providers joining the Early Years Register (EYR), forchildren below the age of compulsory schooling, and the Ofsted ChildcareRegister (OCR), a compulsory part for children aged six to seven yearsand a voluntary part for children aged eight and over. The fee levelswill be phased in from September 2008. If providers join both registersthey will pay one fee.
Childminders are in Band 1, term-time sessional and out-of-schoolproviders in Band 2, and full-day care and provision opening 45 weeks ayear or more and five days a week or more in Band 3.
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