Nicky Morgan wants to introduce new regulations allowing councils to refuse to fund providers that they believe promote extremist views.
Under the plans, early years providers will be expected to teach “fundamental British values” in an age-appropriate way, such as challenging negative attitudes and stereotypes, and learning right from wrong.
To ensure this happens, Ofsted will be required to inspect settings against values-based criteria.
Morgan said the plans would bring providers in line with schools, which are to be refused funding if they teach creationism as a scientific fact.
The measure was put forward after the Department for Education received 450 responses from those concerned that funding is be paid to providers who they believe promote extremist views during its childminder agencies and changes to local authority role consultation, which ran between March and May of this year.
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