Better marks from Ofsted for quality

By Catherine Gaunt, Nursery World, 29 August 2007

The quality of nursery education and childcare offered in early years settings has improved slightly in the past 12 months, according to Ofsted.

Figures released this week show that the proportion of settings inspected where early education is 'good' or 'outstanding' is 6 per cent higher than last year. There was also a 2 per cent rise in good or outstanding daycare. However, there has been a 6 per cent drop in the number of childminders judged good or outstanding. Ofsted said this could be attributed to a relatively large proportion of newly registered childminders. Ofsted's report Getting On Well...

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