The Ofsted report found that the early years and childcare sectors continues to perform well and suggests that the introduction of the Early Years Foundation Stage has forced ineffective providers to leave the system.
In 2009/10, the proportion of early years registered providers judged good or outstanding for overall effectiveness increased to slightly over two thirds. A remarkable achievement considering the difficult climate providers continue to face nationwide.
Of those providers judged inadequate in 2008/09 and who have since been reinspected, 95% are now satisfactory or better.
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National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) today responded to news that the Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) is to have funding withdrawn, with ongoing core activities being transferred into the Department for Education.
Middle-class parents face being charged to use their local Sure Start centres amid claims they are hijacking resources meant for the disadvantaged.
The coalition’s poverty adviser, Frank Field, will call for all children to be given parenting classes at school when he presents a government-commissioned review into poverty to the prime minister later this year.
