Closed consultation

Childminder recruitment and retention consultation

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 15 March 2024

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Applies to England

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Summary

We are seeking views on Department for Education proposals to support childminders and childminder agencies (CMAs) and future policy development.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
9am on 15 March 2024 to 11:59pm on 10 May 2024

Consultation description

We are consulting on new proposals and gathering evidence to improve the recruitment and retention of childminders and support the role of childminder agencies in the sector.

This consultation is open to the public and in particular invites responses from:

• current, former and prospective childminders
• providers of childcare on domestic premises (CoDP)
• other early years providers
• childminder agencies
• parents
• Ofsted
• organisations that represent childminders, providers of CoDP and other early years providers
• local authorities and the local government associations
• regulated healthcare professionals who work in GP surgeries
• landlords and any relevant representative bodies

Published 15 March 2024