Childminders in England have welcomed the Government's decision to change the law and forbid them from smacking children in their care and smoking in their presence.
The National Childminding Association (NCMA) has welcomed the changes to the national care standards for under-eights daycare and childminding, which came into force on 1 September, as they would 'help protect children and also acknowledge the professionalism of registered childminders'.
Last week Ofsted issued guidance for care providers, in which it said that under Standard 11 on behaviour and physical punishment and interven- tions, 'physical punishments, or the threat of them, must not be used. This includes smacking'.
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