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Accreditation schemes: Star quality

If you want your early years setting to shine, it's time to go for accreditation. Many who did told Dr Tony Munton about the benefits it brought them

If you want your early years setting to shine, it's time to go for accreditation. Many who did told Dr Tony Munton about the benefits it brought them

Improving quality is one of the key aims of the Government's National Childcare Strategy. We all want children to have the very best quality care. The Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) has set a target of having four out of every ten childcare providers accredited by 2004. Never heard of accreditation? Well, you're not alone. Nearly half of the nurseries that the Thomas Coram Research Unit surveyed hadn't either.

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