Childminder Recruitment and Retention Consultation

The Department for Education (DfE) is consulting on three proposals and gathering evidence to improve the recruitment and retention of childminders.

Stakeholders are invited to share views on how the DfE can support the recruitment and retention of childminders. This consultation is open to the public and in particular invites responses from:

• Current, former, and prospective childminders and providers of CODP
  
• Other early years providers
  
• Childminder agencies (CMAs)
  
• Parents
  
• Ofsted
  
• Organisations that represent childminders, providers of CODP and other early years providers
  
• Local authorities and the local government association
  
• Regulated healthcare professionals who work in GPs surgeries
  
• Landlords and any relevant representative bodies

Give your views