Voluntary sector progresses most

By Catherine Gaunt, Nursery World, 12 April 2007

The voluntary sector has improved more than any other type of provision, according to the first large-scale study of childcare across England since the Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) in the late 1990s. The Quality of Childcare Settings in the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS), which compared EPPE data, found that while quality had gone up in all sectors, particularly with the 'learning aspects of provision', the voluntary sector made the largest gains.

The voluntary sector has improved more than any other type of provision, according to the first large-scale study of childcare across England since the Effective Provision of...

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