Скачать или смотреть Early Learning and Childcare Audit 2021 from SCMA

Today (Thursday 25 November 2021) SCMA has published a major new report on funded Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) and childminding.

Our report finds that national and local implementation of the Scottish Government’s policy of providing parents of pre-school children with 1140 hours of funded/free childcare has largely failed Scotland’s childminding workforce.

We do not under-estimate the scale and complexity of implementing the expansion of ELC; nor do we under-estimate the unprecedented nature of the pandemic and the disruption which this has caused. However, the reality for childminding is that many of the problems which childminding has faced with ELC expansion were deeply embedded before COVID-19 emerged and have not been adequately addressed.

Read more about our ELC Audit 2021 at https://www.childminding.org/news/ear..., where you can access the full report. In addition, you can also read our shorter executive summary, which outlines key findings and SCMA’s recommendations to help address the issues identified in our audit report.

In this video, Graeme also provides an update about our work in relation to childminders’ unsustainable workload. As SCMA members will be aware, we continue to be very active on this issue and has been leading national discussion.