FREE CHILDMINDERS
I feel cheated. Childminders are doing the same as other care and education establishments, we have universal goals for learning and we work towards the same welfare requirements as everybody else. But we still can't give our children the free early years entitlement. Is this because of training, experience or practice?
The answer, of course, lies in the fact that not all of us are accredited. Only those belonging to an NCMA 'Children Come First' Network and who have achieved accreditation through it, are able to claim the free entitlement for the children in their care. I have nothing against this and was previously an accredited childminder myself, but here is the difference - it was my choice. I find this anomaly perplexing now that, through legislation, all registered childminders have to deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage.
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