On 9 December 2025, Ka Lai Brightley-Hodges (Head of Coram PACEY) gave evidence to the Education Committee’s inquiry into the early years sector in England.

Ka Lai gave evidence on key issues facing the sector, including:

• The recruitment and retention crisis facing childminders
• The importance of local authority support in retaining a skilled workforce
• Reinstatement of mandatory training for childminders joining the Early Years Register
• The impact of the rollout of the funded entitlements scheme
• Our call for the professionalisation and regulation of nannies

We were pleased to see the Committee’s interest in the challenges that home-based childcare providers are facing every day, and we will continue to engage with them to ensure that our members are represented.

Watch back the session on Parliament TV or read our full written submission here.