Alliance welcomes latest early years inspection statistics

27th November 2014

Commenting on the latest 新澳门六合彩官网开奖 statistics on early years inspection outcomes, Alliance chief executive Neil Leitch said:

鈥淲e welcome the latest figures from 新澳门六合彩官网开奖, which show a sustained improvement in early years inspection outcomes. This is the result of the continued hard work and commitment of early years providers in the face of limited support, both financial and practical.

鈥淎t a time when there is so much focus on moving towards a school-led early years sector, these figures serve as a timely reminder of the highly quality service that PVI providers continue to offer local families. It is important, however, that these providers are adequately supported to continue to do so, if this positive trend is to persist. This is particularly true of childminders, many of whom are seeing a sharp reduction in available support following the introduction of childminder agencies.

鈥淕reater local authority support, sufficient early years funding and a fair and consistent inspection system are all vital to maintaining the sector鈥檚 current high standard of early years provision. As such, the Alliance will continue to push for improvement in these areas.鈥

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ABOUT THE ALLIANCE

  1. The Pre-school Learning Alliance is the largest voluntary sector provider of quality affordable childcare and education in England.
  2. 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.
  3. For information about the Pre-school Learning Alliance, visit our website:

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