Meaning of “childcare provider”E+W
6.—(1) A “childcare provider” is an early years provider—
(a)who is not an excluded provider, and
(b)to whom section 40 of the Childcare Act 2006 (duty to implement Early Years Foundation Stage) applies.
(2) An excluded provider is any of the following—
(a)an independent school, other than an Academy school, that does not meet the standards prescribed under section 157(1)(b) of the Education Act 2002(1) (which relate to the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils at independent schools);
(b)an early years provider any English local authority has reasonable grounds to believe—
(i)does not actively promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs, or
(ii)promotes as evidence-based views or theories those contrary to established scientific or historical evidence and explanations.
(3) In this regulation—
“Academy school” has the meaning given in section 1A of the Academies Act 2010(2);
“early years provider” has the meaning given in section 96(3) of the Childcare Act 2006.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 6 in force at 1.12.2022, see reg. 1(b)
2010 c. 32. Section 1A was inserted by section 53(7) of the Education Act 2011 (c. 21).