Paper chase: Early Years Directorate

By Mary Evans, Nursery World, 31 October 2001

The transfer of care inspections and registration to Ofsted has been steeped in chaos. Mary Evans talks to nurseries about their experiences

The transfer of care inspections and registration to Ofsted has been steeped in chaos. Mary Evans talks to nurseries about their experiences Early years providers had been looking forward to the start of the registration and inspection regime operated by Ofsted. Now they are finding that instead of the new broom sweeping everything clean, it is in some cases creating chaos and confusion. After years of coping with anomalies imposed by local authorities, many childcarers eagerly awaited the...

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