Childminder definition

Childminder means a person who provides a childminding service;
Childminder is a person who is currently or was registered with Tusla as of 2024 under the Child Care Act 1991 (Early Years Services) Regulations 2016 and/or Child Care Act 1991 (Early Years Services) (Registration of School Age Services) Regulations 2018.
Childminder means a childminder who is either registered with a Childminder Agency or registered with Ofsted on the Early Years Register;

Examples of Childminder in a sentence

  • Childminder agencies (CMAs) are organisations that can register and quality assure childminders as an alternative to registering with Ofsted.

  • The Local Authority can only pay funding into the identified Group Provider / Childminder account.

  • Quality The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework is mandatory for all schools that provide early years provision and early years providers registered with Ofsted or with an Ofsted-registered Childminder Agency in England.

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  • Parents are welcome to take photographs of their own children at award ceremonies, setting concerts/shows and sporting events, with the permission of the Headteacher/Senior Manager or Childminder.

  • If the Childminder Agency notifies the LA that, in the opinion of the Agency, the provision of a particular childminder is not of a satisfactory quality, the LA is not required to fund that childminder.

  • If appointments occur in working hours, time-off needs to be discussed with the Childminder, giving as much notice as possible so that arrangements can be put in place so as not to disrupt the care of the children.

  • If a childminder is registered with a Childminder Agency (CMA) cessation of funding may occur if the CMA receives 2 consecutive ineffective judgements from Ofsted or if the CMA informs the LA that the childminder is rated less than good (or equivalent).

  • I the Childminder, have the right to suspend the Assistant during a disciplinary process whilst the matter is investigated.

  • The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework is mandatory for all schools that provide early years provision and early years providers registered with Ofsted or with an Ofsted-registered Childminder Agency in England.


More Definitions of Childminder

Childminder means a person who is required to register under section 1 of the Nurseries and Child Minders Regulation Act 1974;
Childminder or “registered provider”, means the person whose name is entered in the register in accordance with section 58C of the Act as providing that childminding service;
Childminder means a person who provides a childminding service. “Childminding service” means a pre-school service, which may include an overnight pre-school service, offered by a person who single-handedly takes care of pre-school children, including the childminder’s own children, in the childminder’s home for a total of more than 2 hours per day, except where the exemptions provided in section 58L of the Act apply.
Childminder means a registered provider of a childminding service;