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December 2024
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SCMA comment on reports that ‘the UK could run out of childminders by 2033'
While this recent headline is based on data captured in England so the exact date projection cannot be applied to Scotland, SCMA has been reporting on the declining number of childminders in Scotland for a number of years and our own projections (in 2022) indicated that we could lose up to two thirds of our workforce by July 2026 if no action was taken.
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SCMA Early Learning and Childcare Audit 2024
SCMA has today published its Early Learning and Childcare Audit 2024, providing an update on the progress of local authorities involving childminders in the delivery of Funded ELC; the impact of wider issues such as the deferral year and local budgetary pressures on ELC; and an update on our childminding workforce projections.
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