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Scotland: Six-point rating introduced for all providers
By Laura Marcus,
Nursery World,
13 December 2007
Childcare providers in Scotland will be rated from one to six under a new grading system to be introduced by the Care Commission next April.
The national regulator is introducing the system for every care service in the country. Nurseries, playgroups and childminders will all be awarded marks in three to five different areas, presented in regular at-a-glance report cards and backed up by detailed reports. The separate areas are care and support or information, environment, staffing, and management/leadership. Grading inspections will be carried out from April 2008, with the first reports published on 1 July 2008. Jacquie Roberts, chief executive of the Care Commission,...
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