Teenage pregnancy strategy
NCMA has responded to the Department for Children, Schools and
Families (now the Department for Education) consultation on Teenage
Pregnancy Strategy: Beyond 2010.
The Teenage Pregnancy Strategy aims to tackle both the causes and
the consequences of teenage pregnancy. The strategy's targets are
to halve the under-18 conception rate and increase the proportion
of teenage parents in education, training or employment to reduce
their risk of long-term social exclusion.
In the response NCMA calls on the Government to support the
development of a Quality Improvement Childminding Network in every
local authority to ensure that there is suitable care for the
children of teenage parents so they have the option of returning to
school or training.
Furthermore, access to networks gives parents the opportunity to
choose registered childminders to deliver the free entitlement for
3- and 4-year-olds and therefore benefit from support by Government
with the cost of childcare.
The response also includes details of two case studies from the
NCMA Teen Parent Project in Lincolnshire which show how registered
childminders working with young parents are successfully supported
families back into training or work.
For more information please contact tim.farrow@ncma.org.uk