The latest quarterly figures from the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills show that the number of childminders leaving the profession has more than doubled since the last quarter. The figures detailed in the report show the number of registered childminders up to 31 August 2008, the day before the Early Years Foundation Stage was introduced. Andrew Fletcher, director of communications at the National Childminding Association, said that the new curriculum was one obvious reason for the decline,...