catswhiskers
01-08-2010, 07:12 PM
Know this is a bit late but did anyone else see the article in the Daily Mail on Friday with the heading "20,000 under-5s at risk in nursery or childcare".
It mostly went on about how 850 childcare providers were found to be 'inadequate' and a further 10,990 were merely 'satisfactory'.
It went on one in three childcare facilities - 29 per cent - were failing to adhere to 'good' standards of safety and welfare for youngsters.
There was quite a lot of figures given for this and that but at the end it stated that the number of childminders has fallen by 6,396 (10 per cent), fuelling suspicions they are being deterred by the new red tape implemented under the PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT.
Makes you wonder whether they are going to do away with the EYFS doesn't it?
It mostly went on about how 850 childcare providers were found to be 'inadequate' and a further 10,990 were merely 'satisfactory'.
It went on one in three childcare facilities - 29 per cent - were failing to adhere to 'good' standards of safety and welfare for youngsters.
There was quite a lot of figures given for this and that but at the end it stated that the number of childminders has fallen by 6,396 (10 per cent), fuelling suspicions they are being deterred by the new red tape implemented under the PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT.
Makes you wonder whether they are going to do away with the EYFS doesn't it?