When the Government's extended schools agenda was first announced, noteveryone was happy. Some people described the idea that schools shouldprovide more childcare as tantamount to turning schools into 24-hourhotels; others warned that there would be no escape for pupils bulliedin school. Outside the school gates, childminders feared that moreschool-based childcare would put them out of business.
Childminder Sarah Edwards was one such person. "Some of the childmindersin the area were worried," she recalls. So, as chair of RetfordChildminding Group in Nottinghamshire, she decided to take action. Herresponse illustrates how childminders can help extended schools to meetthe Government's target that all children should be able to access a"core offer of services", including childcare from 8am to 6pm,throughout schools by 2010.
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