Joined-up thinking was New Labour's slogan for improving service provision by challenging Government depart- ments and agencies to work together towards common goals. However, in the early years sector some of the combined cognitive processes seem to be confused and at times downright contradictory.
Critics claim that Ofsted's new joint Children Act and nursery education inspections are undermining efforts to improve the quality of provision by failing to endorse the work of local early years advisory teachers and the sector's quality assurance (QA) mentors.
Some early years professionals are reluctant to voice concerns because they have only anecdotal evidence - while others prefer to speak off the record because they do not want to harm relationships with Ofsted.
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