From March 2013, the 15 hours of free childcare available to three- and four-year-olds will apply also to the 20 per cent most disadvantaged two-year-olds, rising to 40 per cent 12 months after that.
Tens of thousands of toddlers will need places. As we report, it is a substantial undertaking, and one in which childminders could have a substantial role to play. The rise in nurseries and children’s centres over recent years has coincided with a fall in childminder numbers, so they may no longer be seen as the mainstay of childcare provision. And yet, 60 per cent of all providers registered with Ofsted are childminders.
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