Applications open today for 15 hours free childcare for two-year-olds childcare.co.uk/news/free-chil…

Changes to the EYFS 2024 - Use our EYFS Toolkit to stay updated childcare.co.uk/eyfs

Free early years webinars for childcare providers Register now to improve your knowledge and gain valuable CPD hours. childcare.co.uk/webinars

Childminder decline sends families 'back to the 1950s' bbc.in/3vLXoOP

Funding Fees Policy guidance for childminders childcare.co.uk/funding-fees-p…

Updated free sample childminder contracts now available childcare.co.uk/childminding-c…

Writing a Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy childcare.co.uk/childminderpol…

Entries for the 2024 Nursery World Awards are now open! Get the recognition you deserve and enter today! bit.ly/3SIY94e Thank you to our amazing sponsors: Childcare.co.uk Early Childhood Studies Degrees Network #ECSDN nasen WizardStaffSolutions

Today we spoke to BBC Essex about why the government isn't doing enough to support existing childminders or encourage new childminders to join the profession.

Government initiatives to encourage new childminders into the profession are a drop in the ocean compared to what is really required say Childcare.co.uk.

Dog walkers earn more than double the rate of pay per hour of registered childminders childcare.co.uk/news/dog-walke…

Letter to BBC The One Show regarding portrayal of registered childminders childcare.co.uk/news/childcare…

Registered Childminders support and identify early signs and developmental delay issues for all children including SEND a very narrow point of view BBC The One Show well done Childcare.co.uk for highlighting UNITE Registered Childminders NI Leta glenn Sharon Collins Cathy Thompson lindsey coalter Theresa McCaughey

The One Show respond to comments from furious childminders after yesterday's episode which implied that they were inferior to nurseries.

Are you a nanny earning six-figures? telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer…

The Early Years Summit 2024 has flown by! It's been fantastic to help share the insights of our amazing speakers. The support from Childcare.co.uk helped make it possible Miss a session? Don't worry! Recordings are available on the online store earlyyearssummit.com/online-store/

The government have confirmed that single-word Ofsted gradings will be scrapped for early years settings in the coming months. Do you agree with these changes?

Proudly supported by our headline sponsor Childcare.co.uk, having their success recognised as the Individual Childminder of the Year is…Kerri Fitzgibbon from Poppyfields, Teacher Led Early Years, in Colchester Essex! #NWAwards 🏆

Now we turn to the categories celebrating early years organisations, beginning with Childminding Business of the Year 2024 supported by Childcare.co.uk. This award goes to…Shelford Childcare in Cambridge! #NWAwards🏆

Our final award recognising the hard work of #earlyyears organisations is Nursery of the Year, proudly sponsored by Childcare.co.uk. The winner is…RAFAKidz Cranwell, Sleaford in Lincolnshire! #NWAwards 🏆