Registered childminders are childcare professionals who provide care and education for children up to the age of 12 years within domestic premises that is not the child’s own home for more than two hours per day for reward.
Flying Start
A childminder who doesn’t work with an assistant(s) is defined as a Flying Start Practitioner and a childminder who does work with a childminder assistant(s) in the setting is defined as a Flying Start Leader.