Four in ten schools, nurseries and childminders are failing to deliver a good enough standard of communication, language and literacy teaching for toddlers, the education watchdog has said.
A new Ofsted report found that many children cared for by childminders and day nurseries in particular were developing better social than literacy skills because staff relied on daily routines rather than planning activities aimed at helping young children learn.
Two thirds of childcare providers failed to assess children’s learning and development to a high enough standard, with many regarding action planning as a box-ticking exercise rather than a means of improving children’s learning, the report found.
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