Ofsted chief: fewer nurseries fail inspections
By Catherine Gaunt
Nursery World
27 August 2008
Just 3 per cent of early years providers failed their inspections in the past three years, Ofsted's children's director Michael Hart stressed in an exclusive interview with Nursery World as Ofsted released its latest review of childcare and early education this week (27 August).
This is a significant improvement on the previous inspection cycle from 2003 to 2005, when 22 per cent of childcare provision did not meet some of the standards. Mrl Hart told Nursery World , 'What I want to emphasise is that only 3 per cent of childcare settings were found to be inadequate. Most importantly, provision...