Sentence examples for some childminders from inspiring English sources

The delays of a week or more reportedly resulted in some childminders going into the red, and could also potentially mean some parents are hit with late payment fees from their childcare provider.

"It has put some childminders off," she said.

The figures also suggest that some childminders and nurseries judged inadequate take a decision to close down.

Meanwhile, nurseries and childminders in some of the most deprived areas of England – the Isles of Scilly, North Lincolnshire, Sunderland, Bradford, Torbay, Middlesbrough, Stoke-on-Trent and Hounslow – have all had their hourly government-funding rates slashed by 10% or more.

Children can get their free early education at nursery schools, nurseries, children's centres, some playgroups and pre-school childminders.

After meeting with childminders and nurseries, some local authorities, such as Suffolk and East Riding of Yorkshire, have already removed the word "free" from their marketing and publicity about the 30 hours of entitlement.

The MPs said some parents reported that nurseries and childminders were only offering the entitlement on the condition that parents pay for additional hours.

And now some schools are waking up to the idea that childminders may help them to offer parents a choice of after-school options.

However, many registered childminders cannot participate – only those who are specially accredited and on an approved childminding network, so choose your childminder with this in mind or be prepared to move your child to a participating nursery later.

Many childminders undertake accredited childcare qualifications.

Childminders just don't work all night.