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11th September 2014

Commenting on the latest аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø¿ª½± statistics on children’s centre inspection outcomes, Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance, said:

“Given the vital role that children’s centres play in supporting children and families, the fact that more than half remain less than ‘good’ is very concerning.

“Like the rest of the early years sector, children’s centres need adequate support, both financial and practical, to be able to deliver a consistently high-quality service — but this is not something they are currently receiving. As a result, a growing number of centres are unable to offer much more than a skeleton service, meaning that many vulnerable families are finding it difficult to access the support they need.

“This is an issue that needs to be addressed as a matter of priority, and we hope that the new Department for Education team will take swift action to ensure that the current trend does not continue.�

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Notes for editors

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• Of the 89 children’s centre inspections carried out between 1 April 2014 and 30 June 2014, 3% resulted in ‘outstanding’ judgements, 45% ‘good’, 42% ‘requires improvement’ and 10% ‘inadequate’

ABOUT THE ALLIANCE

• The Pre-school Learning Alliance is the largest voluntary sector provider of quality affordable childcare and education in England.
• Through direct provision and its membership of 14,000 nurseries, sessional pre-schools and parent and toddler groups, the Alliance supports over 800,000 children and their families in England. The Alliance also develops and runs family learning programmes, offers information and advice, runs acclaimed training and accreditation programmes and campaigns to influence early years policy and practice.
• For information about the Pre-school Learning Alliance, visit our website:

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