Labour conference: Wilshaw ‘wrong’ on childminders

The Sutton Trust-Social Market Foundation Fringe event at the Labour Party Conference was featured in an article on Nursery World.

At an early years fringe event in Manchester shadow education minister Lucy Powell criticised Ofsted’s chief inspector for his recent comments about childminders.

Ms Powell said that Michael Wilshaw was looking at the issue from the wrong way and wrong to single out childminders.

She said that the focus should be on improving quality in all provision across the board in partnership, rather than singling out specific groups.

In an interview earlier this month, Mr Wilshaw, who favours school-based provision, had said that poorer families should access the 15 hours at a school-based nursery, rather than using a childminder.

The event was hosted by the Sutton Trust and the Social Market Foundation think-tank.

Read the full article here.