While the Out of School Alliance (OOSA) acknowledges that some of the planned changes outlined in the Government’s response to the public consultation on the regulation of childcare will benefit providers of out of school care, overall our members think that the proposal will have a detrimental effect on our sector and the experience of children in out-of-school care.
It is clear that the focus of the Government’s changes is on increasing the number of childcare places, not on the quality of care delivered.
The removal of the requirement for any out-of-school club staff to have any relevant qualifications or experience is a significant backwards step. In our contribution to the consultation process we had recommended that the qualification requirements were made more relevant to out-of-school settings and had strongly argued in favour of retaining the requirement for a Level 3 qualification for the setting manager. This would have helped promote playwork principles and maintain quality within the setting.
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