In the latest issue of its Growing Up in Rural Scotland bulletin, Children in Scotland explores how to tackle the decline in registered childminding.
In parts of Scotland this has been put down to childminders leaving the sector to take upbetter-paid jobs in nurseries and as classroom assistants.
Maggie Simpson, the Scottish Childminding Association nat-ional development officer, said, 'We regularly find good childminders moving on to other jobs as they cannot afford to stay.
'They often provide a service for those on a low income and you end up with one low-paid worker subsidising another.'
Bronwen Cohen, chief executive of Children in Scotland, added, 'Childminding offers some local communities their only all-day childcare and after-school provision.
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