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Membership survey news

NCMA’s membership survey will be published over the next few weeks. To whet your appetite, here are a few stats from this year’s survey. Look out for the full report on the website soon!

 

Childminders

  • A typical NCMA childminder member is aged 35-44, has been childminding for more than five years, and looks after six children in total.
  • The average fee charged by childminders is £3.90 per hour, up from £3.84 in 2010.
  • Childminders most commonly care for children aged 1-2 years old, with 75% doing so. Sixty-nine per cent care for children aged 3-4 years old, and the same proportion care for 5-7-year-olds.
  • Seventeen per cent of childminder members who care for 3- and 4-year-olds are providing the free entitlement to the children in their care, while eleven per cent do so for the 2-year-olds they care for.   
  • One in five childminder members cares for disabled children and children with special educational needs.
  • Fifteen per cent of childminder members provide childcare for children and families funded social services, most commonly emergency childcare, respite childcare and family support services.
  • Fifty-one per cent of childminder members have achieved a childcare qualification at level 3 or above.
  • Ninety-five per cent of childminder members reported themselves ‘very satisfied’ or ‘somewhat satisfied’ with their membership.  

 

Update

The full NCMA membership survey has now been published and is available here.

 

Page last updated: 8/26/2011