As well as state and private nurseries, the pilot is to include pre-schools, special schools with a residential element, residential schools for pupils with emotional and behavioural problems and secure units. There will also be a cross section of private, state and voluntary providers. An advisory group of service provider representatives is currently being consulted on what form the inspections will take and how reports will be drawn up, while Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care staff and Her Majesty's Inspectors of Education are working together on joint inspection materials and joint training.
Ronnie Hill, the Care Commission's regional manager for south-east Scotland, who is working with HM Education Inspectors on the development of the joint inspections, said, 'We are looking at bringing together the best practice of Care Commission and education inspectors and of linking the outcomes required in the care standards with the concerns about the delivery of the educational curriculum for three-year-olds and over.'
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