Perceptions of the impact of childminding services on child, parent and family outcomes: research findings

Footnotes

1 More information on the eligibility criteria for two year olds

2 A Blueprint for 2020: Expansion of Early Learning and Childcare in Scotland

3 Early education and care: early learning and childcare expansion

4 Funding Follows the Child and National Standard for ELC Providers; this was followed by Interim Guidance in July 2020 and an Update to the guidance in 2021.

5 Funding follows the child and the national standard for early learning and childcare providers: operating guidance; Funding follows the child and the national standard for early learning and childcare providers: interim guidance - update March 2021

6 The Phase 3 report of SSELC was published in December 2020

7 Care Inspectorate, Early Learning and Childcare statistics 2019

8 Early Learning and Childcare Expansion delivery trials: evaluation

9 Impact Study on Early Education Use and Child Outcomes

10 For example: Early Learning and Childcare: the experiences of parents

11 Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation. Based on postcode of childminder’s premises.

12 See Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2019 Workforce Data (p.38)

13 Using Excel, with each column representing a theme and each row an individual interview, so that the data can be sorted in different ways for further analysis.

14 SCMA delivers Community Childminding services in different parts of Scotland through contracts with local authorities. Specially trained childminders provide supported family interventions to families referred to these services by health visitors or social work. These services support families who may be one step away from crisis and whatever is happening at a parental level (mental health, addiction, terminal illness, bereavement) is impacting on young children such as through the development of, for example, attachment disorders, and this has been picked up by professionals.

15 They could also potentially also help with the transition from primary to secondary school but this research was focused on younger children.

16 Realising the Ambition: Being me – National practice guidance for early years in Scotland

17 In this regard, it is worth noting that nurseries are inspected as whole settings whereas, since most childminders work alone, an inspection of a childminding setting is effectively an inspection of the individual childminder.

18 Throughout this report, when we use the term ‘blended care’ we mean a combination of funded ELC at different formal providers (e.g. using funded hours at a childminder and a nursery).

19 We use the term ‘wraparound care’ to refer to childminders looking after children before and/or after nursery or school which provides parents with a longer day of care. This is typically used when parents are working longer hours than their children are in nursery or school.

20 Realising the Ambition, p.15

21 Care Inspectorate website

22 Although this participant’s childminder did not offer trials, some childminders do.