I cant believe the increase is so much. I have only recently started out and am finding it very difficult to make significant money as i am restricted to how many children and the number of hours i work. So when this happens i am very likely going to have to give up and seeing as my area has so few childminders its going to make it so much harder for anyone to get work or keep their jobs, when they dont have child care available leading to more people unemployed. How is this supposed to help.

Maria, coventry,

I think that the fee increase is ludicrous,such an increase will see a lot of childminders giving up as they cannot afford to pay such a high fee.As a part-time childminder myself it would not be worth my while continuing in this line of work.
It will see lots of childminders going underground so and working unregistered,which will be ashame.
Its sad as we provide a great service to working parents!!

E.R, west sussex,

In view of the substantial increase, its a pity Ofsted aren't planning to return to annual inspections. 3 year old inspection reports are not an accurate reflection of current practice, however efficient the childminder, and puts the better childminders at a disadvantage when parents compare the reports with the newly registered/recently inspected.
Also the previously planned rolling programme of enhanced CRB checks for existing childminders appears to have been swept under the carpet? There are lots of unregistered arrangements now that the registration fee is an extremely reasonable £15. I've no doubt that many prospective childminders will join them on seeing the new charge. Parents are losing faith in the value of an Ofsted Registration.They don't like the idea of the new EYFS compulsory curriculum and many will be happy to reduce their costs by using unregistered care to get a home-from-home experience for their child instead of what is perceived as a government imposed curricul

Ayla Burnett, Cambridge, England