In September, Ofsted will roll in EYFS for Childminders.
Alot of discussion has dgone on about it, a lot of CM's are very against it.
For me in my own setting not much wil change as I already do more paperwork as I am acreditted.
One thing will affect my setting, a many more.
Most of all it will effect Parents with Children that re at the moment with CM's and starting school in September.
Up till then a child that is 4, is classe as 5 for the CM's ratio from when they start 10 sessions a week i.e mornings and afternoon Mon-Fri.
From September children that are 4 will only be classed as 5 during the school term.
During holidays, inset days, snow days, they will revert to being 4.
This means that either the parents will have to pay a retainer to hold that space (most CM's although not all require a retainer to hold a spave while a child is at preschool)whilst the Reception child is at school.
Or you will have to make other arrangements for your child on days not at school.
I have lifted Ayla99's OP from another thread in CM club. her
P.51 B: Childminders. 2nd bullet point
"where four- and
five-year-old children only attend the childminding setting before and/or after a normal school
day, they may be classed as children over the age of five for the purposes of the adult:child ratio"
Ofsted have confirmed today to me and others by email that this means that 4 AND 5 year olds can only be counted as an over five on the days they attend a normal school day. During school holidays, training days, snow days/staff strikes or any other day the child does not attend a normal school day they revert to a younger child again for the purposes of child ratios. And this will continue throughout the school year until 31 August.
Absolutely ridiculous IMO, Ofsted have said its still at consulation stage and subject to change. So please do contact Ofsted and make your views known.
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This will make it really difficult for childminders to offer care for reception class children. We can't afford to hold open both an under fives and older fives place with just one fee. And parents can't be expected to pay for 2 places for one child. So we'll all need variations to cover each holiday period!
Most of us have now been emailed about this.