Flexibilities for childminders and childcare on domestic premises providers

A smiling woman helps a small child to scribble on a piece of yellow paper. Text reads: Flexibilities for childminders and childcare on domestic premises providers

On 1 November 2024, the Department for Education made changes to give the early years sector (in particular childminders) more flexibility.  These changes introduced a new type of childminder and give existing childminders and childcare on domestic premises providers more scope in terms …