Childcare.co.uk has written to Charlotte Denton, Director of the BBC programme, The One Show, regarding the portrayal of registered childminders in a report broadcast on Tuesday 19th March 2024 ..read more

Dog walkers are earning double the hourly rate paid to registered childminders Research by Childcare.co.uk, the UK’s largest childcare platform, has revealed that dog walkers are earning more than double the rate of pay per hour of registered childminders ..read more

Applications for 15 hours of free childcare for 2 year olds for working parents open on 2nd January 2024 From 2nd January 2024, eligible working parents in England can apply for 15 hours of free childcare for their two-year-olds to start from April 2024 ..read more

Cervical screening for cancer is at a 20-year low Over 3000 women in the UK are diagnosed with cervical cancer and nearly 1000 die due to the condition every year ..read more

The Spring Budget was announced on 15th March 2023 and in it, chancellor Jeremy Hunt placed childcare at its centre ..read more

Start your childminding or nanny career today 3 months free Childcare.co.uk gold membership included in the course fee The Preparing to work in Home-based Childcare Qualification (HBCA) is a CACHE-accredited and Ofsted-recognised level 3 award that covers everything you need to become a home-based childcarer, registered childminder, childminding assistant or nanny ..read more

Introducing Childcare Discounts A new benefit for gold members to help money go that little bit further in the cost of living crisis ..read more

Here are the latest additions and updates to our Childminder Guides, Free Childminder Paperwork and other childminder resources.  ..read more

LATEST GUIDANCE: The DfE have updated their Actions for early years and childcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic on 27th September 2021 ..read more

Childcare.co.uk have written to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families in England, Vicky Ford, in relation to comments she made in an exchange in the House of Commons with shadow children and early years minister Tulip Siddiq regarding a decline in the number of childcare providers since the start of 2001. We have received a number of concerns from our registered childminder community that the comments are dismissive and disrespectful, appearing to imply that childminders are less important than nursery settings.   ..read more