The 18-month NCB study includes a survey of 581 childminders as well as interviews with a further 25 childminders and 20 parents who use them.
The study concludes that the 20 per cent who know little about the EYFS or oppose it will become increasingly "vulnerable in today’s early years environment" as they struggle to compete with other childminders and the nursery sector.
Excessive paperwork and a lack of support in dealing with the EYFS were among childminders’ chief concerns.
The report states: "Some childminders still believed that the framework needed to be simplified and that the paperwork used to capture children’s developmental progress should be standardised."
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