The Early Years Edit

From the outside, childminding can look simple. A home setting. A small group of children. Play throughout the day. Sometimes people imagine it as little more than drinking coffee while children play with toys. But anyone who actually does this job knows the truth. Behind the scenes, childminders are managing safeguarding responsibilities, early education frameworks, SEND support, funding systems, parent partnerships, policies, training, inspections and business administration… often...

Hi everyone, I’m Chloe - the owner and founder of The Early Years Edit. But before anything else, I’m a parent. And that shapes everything I believe about early years. Over the past decade, I’ve worked across primary education, leadership, HR and accounts within a family run business, and now as a business owner in the early years sector. Education has always been at the centre of what I do. But becoming a mum shifted my perspective in ways I didn’t expect. In 2024, I made the decision to...