Fine details such as who will administer the scheme and what it will involve are yet to be worked out. Apparently, there will be consultation - a word to strike fear into the hearts of most early years representatives! Monday's 'Today' programme on Radio 4 proclaimed that nurseries are currently inspected, but only on the most basic of standards. This may come as rather a surprise to those private nurseries who are inspected once a year by social services and once every one or two years by Ofsted on nursery education provision and may also be working towards a quality assurance scheme.
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