According to the Telegraph, ministers are looking at implementing changes allowing each childminder to look after more toddlers at one time.
Current guidance states that “a childminder may care for a maximum of six children under the age of eight. Of these six children, a maximum of three may be young children and there should only be one child under the age of one”.
A child is classed as a “young child” until 1 September following their fifth birthday.
However, under new proposals, one childminder could supervise five children classed as “young children” rather than just three in a bid to make childcare cheaper for working parents struggling to keep up with current costs, according to the newspaper.
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