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Childminder Agencies
Agenda
10.00 – 10.30 Arrival and networking
10.30 – 10.45 Welcome
10.45 – 11.30 Childminder Agencies Update
11.30 – 12.00 CMAs supporting the 30 hours
12.15 – 12.30 Q and A
12.30 – 1.30 Lunch and Networking
1.30 – 2.00 CMAs – Registration and Inspection
2.00 – 2.45 Case Study
2.45 – 3.00 Final Q and A
3.00 Close
Childminder Agencies Update
• The story so far…..
• Success stories
• Ofsted update
Childminder Agencies
• DfE led trial
• Continued support following the trial (light touch)
• 8 agencies registered:
St Bede Childminder Agency
The Northumberland Church of England Academy
Trio Childcare Connections Ltd
Daryel Care
Leap Ahead – Achieving for Children
City Childcare Childminding Agency
Rutland Early Years Agency Limited
@Home Childcare
Success story
Leap Ahead Childminder Agency
Journey
• Consultation
• Planning
• Registration visit
• Operational
• Recruitment
Challenges
• Being the first
• Devising the processes, external
and internal
• Designing the quality assessment
tool and paperwork
• Sustainability
Our first childminders
Successes
• Recruitment
• Website http://leapahead.org.uk/
• Training for childminders
• Launch event
Full Membership
Pay As You Go
Considerations
• Business plan, SWOT analysis
• Statement of Purpose
• Staffing
• Application / registration
• Consultation with childminders
• Events for childminders
• Additional services
Setting up a Childminder Agency
The Statement of Purpose must include:
• The aims and objectives of the CMA
• The organisational structure of the CMA
• The CMA’s arrangements for registering providers
• The CMA’s arrangements in relation to training and monitoring providers
• The CMA’s arrangements for ensuring provision is of a sufficient standard
Setting up a Childminder Agency
• The CMA’s arrangements for communicating the outcome of quality assurance visits to parents of children who are cared for by its registered providers
• The CMA’s procedures for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children who are cared for by its registered providers
• The CMA’s arrangements for disseminating information to parents and prospective parents who are seeking information about childcare provision offered by registered providers of that CMA
Setting up a Childminder Agency
• The CMA’s procedures for taking enforcement action in relation to a registered provider
• The CMA’s procedure for dealing with complaints
• A description of any arrangements the CMA may have for offering parents alternative provision when one of its registered providers is unable to provide childcare as a result of sickness or for other reasons*
• A description of any additional services or facilities offered by the childminder agency*
Support for organisations considering registering as a Childminder Agency
Consultancy Support
• 4Children have a team of consultants to support you if you wish to register as a CMA
• Based around the country
• Experienced and knowledgeable about CMAs
• Funding only available for support until March 2016
Marketing and Communications support
Ashley Tilley
TARGET AUDIENCES:
CMAs Childminders
Parents Local Authorities
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• CMA toolkit – registration and marketing: Electronic toolkit with information and resources on how to register as and market a CMA
• Template flyers: Template flyers for agencies to promote their agency to new and existing childminders
• FAQs: Frequently asked questions targeted at potential agencies and childminders thinking of joining an agency
• Myth Busters: Facts and myths about childminder agencies
• Case studies: Case studies highlighting agencies, including profiles on successful agencies, POV of a childminder and benefits of an agency-registered childminder
• Local authorities: Advantages to LAs having a CMA
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• Host workshops for organizations interested in becoming a CMA
• Host networking forums for CMAs to share knowledge and best practices
• Host 1:1 meetings for registered CMAs on how to market their business regionally
• Exhibit at industry conferences & tradeshows (e.g. Nursery World Show, Feb 2016; Childcare Expo, Mar 2016) to promote CMAs
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• Social Media: Develop messages for organizations, government, childminders and parents and promote consistently across appropriate channels. Support CMAs with social media advice and pre-developed content
• E-Newsletter: Utilise current newsletter to send out information about registering as a CMA, events and workshops, and encouraging childminders to join agencies
• Website: Update Foundation Years and 4Children websites to host information and resources for CMAs, childminders and parents
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• Editorial calendar: Develop editorial calendar for key media opportunities throughout the project
• Regional press: Support CMAs through regional media opportunities (new agency openings, childcare stories, etc.)
• Sector press: Pitch positive news stories about CMAs to sector press (government news, new agencies, childminder testimonials, etc.)
• Business press: Pitch stories to “Careers” sections on childminding as a possible career
• Parenting press: Pitch stories on how to choose the right childcare and the benefits of agencies
• Government press: Feature case studies on successful CMA/local authority partnerships and importance of collaboration Child-
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Support Available
In small groups discuss the type of support you think would be required to set up as a Childminder Agency.
Toolkit
Toolkit
Information:
• Policy statement
• Ofsted handbook
• Ofsted Draft Inspection Framework
• DfE Step by Step guide
• Children and Families Act 2014
• CMA FAQs
• Ofsted application forms
• The regulations
Toolkit
Resources
• Business planning tool
• CMA business modelling
• Key questions for agencies
• Ofsted presentation to CMAs
• Statement of purpose aid
Childminder Agencies
(CMAs) and the
30 hours offer
Outline
Quick update on 30hours
Why CMAs?
CMAs and the post-2017 childcare market
Update on 30 hours implementation The election pledge:
“give working parents of 3- and 4- year- olds 30 hours of free childcare a week”
increase the average funding rate childcare providers receive from government
On 1 June the Prime Minister promised:
to start the roll-out of the entitlement from 2016 – a year earlier than planned
to launch a review the cost of providing childcare, to inform increased funding rates
a new Government Implementation Task Force to drive delivery
To inform delivery, DfE has engaged:
c.20,000 parents
2,000 representatives of the childcare sector
750 childcare providers
10 large employers (Carillion, Rolls Royce, BT, John Lewis) – who hosted
25 events in total for their employees
Update on 30 implementation (2)
Introduced Childcare Bill on 1 June:
Completed progress through both houses in January 2016
Now awaiting a date for Royal Assent
Pledged to protect high-quality childcare by retaining existing ratios and
workforce qualifications.
Developing a joint online application system for free entitlement and tax-
free childcare, providing a single, joined-up experience for parents.
Currently consulting on a parental ‘right to request’ wraparound and
holiday childcare at the school where their child attends (up to KS3) from
September 2016, and a right for providers to request use of school premises to
provide such childcare.
Update on 30 hours
Total Government annual spend on childcare will increase from £5bn in 2015-16 to over
£6bn by 2019-20
Spending Review announced:
over £1bn more per year on free childcare (from £2.8bn in 2015-16 to £3.9bn by
2019-20)
including £300m to increase the average hourly rate childcare providers receive
3/4 year olds from £4.56 to £4.88
2 year olds from £5.09 to £5.39
£50m capital funding to support growth, as well as delivering an estimated 4,000
additional childcare places as part of the free schools programme.
Published the first major review of costs in November 2015 - ‘Review of the Cost of
Childcare in England’
Consulting soon on a fairer funding system to maximise funding passed on to providers.
Funding
Update on 30 hours
The government formally announced Early Implementer Package on Tuesday 2nd
February. Press coverage and sector reaction to announcement has been very positive.
The Department received 69 Local Authority applications, developed in partnership with
childcare providers, as part of a formal Expressions of Interest process. These were
rigorously assessed based on a selection criteria agreed by the Ministerial Task Force.
Around 5,000 children residing in York; Northumberland; Newham; Hertfordshire;
Portsmouth; Swindon; Staffordshire; and, Wigan will benefit from thirty hours of high
quality, free childcare from September 2016.
York will offer all eligible children within their area a place under the Childcare Bill
provisions, so the online eligibility checking system will be tested.
Given the scale of the challenge, the department has also set aside £4million to support
an additional 25 Local Authorities to develop innovative flexible childcare for working
parents, and to make sure that we can meet the needs of children with Special
Educational Needs, in homeless working families, and in rural communities.
Early Implementers
Update on 30 hours
Early implementers will operate as six regional clusters
8 LA Early Implementer…
…areas will provide some working families
with the additional 15 hours a year ahead of
schedule, allowing us to test delivery of the
additional hours in preparation for full roll-out.
25 Early Implementer Innovator…
…areas will provide valuable learning to
support roll-out of the 30 hours offer by
developing approaches to address key
delivery issues on SEND, flexibility &
quality, sufficiency and work incentives.
This approach will see LA
work collaboratively to build
momentum around a common
purpose.
Why CMAs?Our Vision for the future….
The Government wants to see more high quality childcare places available so that the
promise of 30 hours of free childcare can be delivered. It wants these places to be provided
by a range of providers – schools, private , independent and voluntary establishments and
childminders, and if appropriate, partnerships between different providers so that childcare
arrangements work better for working parents.
CMAs are part of the solution….
Home based childcare delivered by childminders is a choice that many parents want and
value. CMAs are designed to help increase the number of childminders in the profession and
deliver improved quality.
The government expects that the market will need to adapt and expand in order to deliver the
extended entitlement. CMAs will play a key role in the market as organisations that can
support childminders and other providers respond to the challenge.
The challenge….
30 hours signals a step change in the delivery of childcare. The government needs to ensure
there are sufficient places available and that they are the type that parents need to fit best
with their working pattern and family circumstances.
Why CMAs?
Where do they fit into the local market?
To attract new childminders to the profession
To encourage those childminders not currently providing the free entitlement to do so
To help retain and support existing childminders
To promote the quality and professionalism of the childminding workforce
To support childminders by providing a range of services such as marketing, administrative
support, networking, training and development opportunities
To improve the service to parents by providing regular updates on the quality of their
childminder and potentially matching services, access to holiday and sickness cover
What are the government’s aims for CMAs?
The government wants all childminders to have the choice to register either with a CMA or
with Ofsted (which means we want an agency operating in every area)
CMAs should help increase and sustain the numbers of high quality childminders
CMAs can promote a seamless service to parents – by linking childminders and other
providers
What part can CMAs play in the childcare
market post-2017?
What can CMAs offer? What is needed?
CMAs can help childminders with additional
training, sharing of best practice and other
support
Sufficient places
Flexible childcare
Providing the type of childcare that
parents want
Children with special educational
needs and disabilities are well
supported
CMAs should increase the numbers of
childminders – who are known to provide a
flexible service
CMAs can help childminders work with other
providers to increase flexibility
CMAs can act as one-stop shop and provide
a matching service
Increase the capacity of childminders CMAs can take on some of the administrative
burdens and other functions such as
marketing, contracting with local schools or
other providers
Questions
Any questions?
What can government do to support the creation and
success of CMAs?
Further information
www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-of-childcare-
costs
Registration and inspection of childminder agencies
February 2016
How Ofsted will register childminder agencies
The registration system uses the term‘registered person’.
This covers both individuals and organisations such as companies, partnerships and committees.
The registered person has overall responsibility for the provision and is legally responsible for ensuring compliance with the requirements and regulations.
The registered person
What must I do to register?
You must:
complete an application form
complete a suitability declaration and consent to checks form; this must also be completed by anyone else who is involved in the application
provide Ofsted with a copy of your statement of purpose
be familiar with the Early Years Foundation Stage, and/or the requirements of the Childcare Register, before applying
pay the application fee to Ofsted
Checks
Ofsted carries out a range of checks on the person or persons who will run the agency:
Disclosure and Barring Service checks (including joining the online updating service)
Local authority checks
Suitability of staff and other persons on the premises
Ofsted does not carry out checks on your staff members, including the manager or your agency (if you have one).
It is your responsibility to ensure that all staff members, and other people living or working on the premises, are suitable.
The level and type of checks you should carry out will depend on the role that the person is occupying (for example, whether they will have access to children cared for by your childminders).
It is your responsibility also to carry out checks on the childminders you register – Ofsted cannot do this for you.
Suitability of staff and other persons on the premises
You must ensure that you have robust recruitment and vetting procedures in place.
At the time of the registration visit and where applicable, the inspector may ask you to provide evidence that you are carrying out full checks on all staff, for example, enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service disclosures, references and qualifications.
The registration visit
The inspector will:
use your statement of purpose to assess your suitability to register as an agency
check how you intend to deliver the requirements for your childminders
check your understanding of how childminders must deliver the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage and/or the Childcare Register
check your arrangements for ensuring that the childminders you register are suitable and can deliver the EYFS/CR requirements
check your arrangements for monitoring the quality of your childminders
After the visit
a letter granting registration and your registration certificate
or
a notice of intention to refuse registration.
When all checks are complete Ofsted will send you either:
Questions about registering childminder agencies
How Ofsted inspects childminder agencies
Our duty to inspect childminder agencies
Ofsted is under a duty to inspect all childminder agencies, once registered.
The Secretary of State sets out in a letter to the Chief Inspector the frequency of childminder agency inspection.
The current ‘remit letter’ says Ofsted must inspect all childminder agencies:
within 12 months of them registering their first childminder
thereafter, at least once in a three-year period following their previous inspection
The inspection arrangements
Before the inspection:
Lead inspector plans the inspection
Initial telephone call to the agency
Considers information provided by the agency, including the agency’s statement of purpose
Decides on the sample of childminders to be visited as part of the inspection
Briefs other inspectors on the team
The inspection arrangements
During the inspection:
Lead inspector holds an initial meeting with the agency’s lead person (either on site or by telephone)
Inspection team gathers a range of evidence, for example through discussion, observation and looking at policies and procedures
Inspection team visits a sample of childminders registered with the agency, and may case-track other childminders
Sampling childminders
Lead inspector decides the size and selection of the sample
Purpose of sampling:
Assess the accuracy of the agency’s quality assessment of the childminder
Check that monitoring is sufficiently rigorous to improve the improve the childminder’s practice
Review the impact of the training, guidance and support offered by the agency to the childminder
Important: the sample visit is not an inspection of the childminder by Ofsted
Reaching final judgements
Inspector will judge the overall effectiveness of the childminder agency, taking into account:
The effectiveness of the leadership and management of the agency
The quality of the agency’s services
The impact of the agency’s services on the quality of education and care provided by its childminders
These three areas are judged as ‘effective’ or ‘ineffective’
The overall judgement is whether the agency is ‘effective’ or ‘not effective’
The inspection arrangements
After the inspection:
The lead inspector gives feedback to the lead person
The lead inspector writes a report, based on the judgements made during the inspection (published on the Ofsted website)
Ofsted quality assures the inspection and report
If the agency is judged as ‘not effective’, it will be overseen by a named HMI, and will need to develop an action plan for improvement
How Ofsted regulates childminder agencies
Regulating agencies
Ofsted has regulatory powers in respect of childminder agencies
This includes enforcement powers, to:
Prosecute an agency for certain matters
Cancel an agency’s registration with Ofsted
Ofsted does not have any regulatory powers in respect of individual childminders registered with an agency (other than granting disqualification waivers)
An agency has broadly the same enforcement powers in respect of its childminders as Ofsted has in respect of childminders registered with Ofsted
Questions about the inspection and regulation of childminder agencies
Essential reading
Department for Education’s guidance for childminder agencies:
‘Childminder agencies: a step-by-step guide’
Ofsted’s guidance on regulation and inspection
‘Childminder agency handbook’
‘Childminder agencies: inspection handbook’
Any final questions?
Further Information
Contact Us:
D: 020 7522 6956
W: FoundationYears.org.uk/child-minders
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