25 quality assurance schemes endorsed by the Investors in Children kitemark

The 25 quality assurance schemes endorsed by the Investors in Children (IiC) kitemark have been named by the Department for Education and Skills. The national schemes are Children's Links, Growing In Quality; Kids' Clubs Network, Aiming High; National Childminding Association, Quality First; National Day Nurseries Association, Quality Counts; High/Scope, High/Scope Quality Assurance Scheme; Pen Green Research, Development, Training Base and Leadership Centre, Pen Green Quality Assurance Scheme; Centre for Research in Early Childhood, Effective Early Learning Programme Quality Assurance Scheme; and Montessori Education (UK), Montessori Education Quality Assurance Scheme. The local authority schemes are Kent Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership, Kent Quality Kitemark; North Lincolnshire EYDCP, Steps to Quality; Sheffield Young Children's Services, Sheffield Quality Kitemark; Brighton and Hove Local Education Authority, Quality Improvement in Learning and Teaching; Kirklees Early Years Service, Quality for Young Children; Bury EYDCP, Bury Quality Kitemark; Reading EYDCP, Reading Quality Kitemark; Leeds EYDCP, Leeds Quality Assurance Scheme; Stockton on Tees, Stockton on Tees Quality Kitemark; Derby EYDCP, Steps in Quality in Derby; Norfolk EYDCP, Norfolk Quality Kitemark Scheme; Suffolk EYDCP, Suffolk Quality Kitemark; West Sussex EYDCP, West Sussex Quality Kitemark; London Borough of Islington, Islington Quality Kitemark; Corporation of London, City of London Kitemark; Bristol City Council, Bristol Standard; and Wigan EYDCP, Wigan Quality Standard. For more information about the scheme, see News, 13 November.