The NCMA will also change its name to the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years from January in anticipation of the change.
NCMA said its decision to represent more individual early years workers and adopt the new title followed consultation with more than 1,500 existing members, who wanted to raise the status of childminding as a profession.
It also spoke to unaffiliated nannies, nursery workers and pre-school providers to determine whether they would like to be represented by the body.
In a joint statement, co-chief executives Liz Bayram and Catherine Farrell at NCMA said the changes marked “another significant step on our journey to become a standard-setting professional association for the sector”.
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