Last year saw the childcare sector overcome some major challenges, and 2014 could well be a decisive year for the sector’s progress.
While we’re seeing increasing focus on attracting new people into the profession and safeguarding the sustainability of childcare, conflicting Government measures are also threatening to undermine expansion and improvement.
Of particular concern is the funding of the free entitlement; how Ofsted can be relied upon to judge if a provider requires improvement; and, with less support from local authorities, how childcare professionals will get the support they need to improve and take on a myriad of new responsibilities coming their way. In particular, we are concerned about the new Special Educational Needs (SEN) legislation currently being debated in parliament alongside childminder agencies, changes to local authority sufficiency duties and more.
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