Both the National Early Years Network (NEYN) and the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) welcomed the Government's attempt to do away with regional anomalies which had blighted the regulation of daycare provision. But they criticised the standards because they apply only to the private, voluntary and maintained sectors, and not to the independent schools sector.
This omission comes despite a pledge in Labour's orginal consultation paper, published in March 1998, which said, 'The Government intends to promote child protection and child welfare as well as high standards of early education and daycare through regulation; to encourage consistency of regulatory standards across all sectors (and) where practicable, to close all loopholes.'
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