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Analysis: Closures down to policy fads
Nursery World,
16 January 2008
A raft of changing Government policies could spell the end for the one form of early years provision that has been proven most effective. Julian Grenier asks why.
Which part of the English school system is graded by Ofsted as being the most successful? And which sector is being closed down at the fastest rate? Strangely enough, the answer to both questions is the same: maintained nursery schools. Half have been graded as being outstanding by Ofsted since the new inspection framework was introduced. A tenth of them have been closed down since 1997. A depressing story of muddle, of...
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