Little Rays Child Minding

After months of battling the current government's plans to increase ratios as a means of lowering costs, they have finally accepted that the proposed changes were not the solution to childcare costs and have dropped the planned changes. A huge congratulations to all professionals, parents and organisations that stood firm against the governments plans and forced them to reconsider.

Unfortunately the change of heart with the ratios does not address completely the governments ill considered plans for the early years sector. We are still left with More Great Childcare and some of it's other proposals such as child minder agencies and the removal of Local Authority support and training for early years. The government have not truly consulted practitioners, professional bodies or academics and this is something that must be addressed. Our hope now must be that the government shelves More Great Childcare and opens full consultation with early years practitioners and professionals that want to be involved in raising standards, supporting parents without reducing quality or professionalism.