The Children and Families Bill is entering its final stages in Parliament and is likely to receive Royal Assent this winter. The bill deals with a wide range of issues, including reforms to the adoption and fostering and the family justice systems; support for children with special educational needs (SEN); strengthening the role of the children's commissioner for England; improving statutory rights to flexible working, leave and pay for parents; and childcare regulation.
It includes a handful of proposals with practical implications of which nursery managers need to be aware.
How will the bill affect childminders?
The legislation establishes the legislative changes needed for the Government to introduce childminder agencies. This means enabling agencies to register with Ofsted and also to register individual childminders with themselves.
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