Children Come First Childminding Network is a Quality Assured Network, accredited by the National Childminding Association.  

Childminders that are recruited to the Network are quality assured childminders.

A childminder can be either Approved or Accredited.   

In both cases the childminders have been assessed by a Network Co-Ordinator to prove their quality.

Accredited childminders are eligible to provide free early years education and receive the nursery education grant from their Local Authority.  

Children can share these five sessions between a pre-school or day nursery