According to a new Department for Education survey, the childminding profession has lost 10 per cent of its workforce in the last year – it paints a shocking picture, but is it an accurate one?
Whenever data like this is released, I find myself scanning for one crucial statement. Just a few paragraphs into this most recent report, I spot it: ‘childminders registered with a childminder agency are not included in the survey.’ It’s a simple sentence, but one that holds so much meaning.
It’s no secret that Ofsted has been haemorrhaging childminders for years. Annual reports point to a consistent downward trend in workforce numbers.
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