DfE updates guidance on wider opening for early years and childcare providers
Catherine Gaunt
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
The Department for Education has updated guidance for early years and childcare providers, including confirmation that from 1 June, childminders can look after children of all ages, in line with their current Ofsted registration, and within usual limits on the number of children they can care for.
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