Originally Posted by
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we don't have school nurseries here, its all childcare on non domestic premises and as such they are all registered for 2-4 year old's or 1-4 year old's.
we live in a high poverty area and the take up of 2 year old places is predicted to be high.
When a two year old application goes to the board they make a decision on the type of provision would be best for the child, they tell us their preference is for childminders because of the low adult to child ratio and because many of these children need to sample 'normal' family happenings.
Unfortunetly there are not many childminders eligible to take on these two year old's as you need an nvq3 and take extra training provided lea. I am the only one in my town. Here you have to ring the lea and volunteer to be on the scheme apparently they don't contact you (they did me)
Work here is quite low with lots of minders and nurseries/pre schools with vacancies, its only going to get worse with lots of two year old's getting places in nurseries under the vulnerable two year old scheme.
Our LEA pay us higher than the going rate per hour and are very supportive, my experience has been positive.