The comments were made by Colette Kelleher, former director of the Daycare Trust who is now a member of the DfEE's advisory team on early years. She said Early Years Development and Childcare Partnerships need to show they have secured resources for the 'retained functions' of providing support and advice, which will become their responsibility in September after Ofsted takes over the regulation of early years and childcare from local councils.
Mrs Kelleher said she believed the current emphasis on expansion was only a phase, and would shift to an emphasis on quality and sustainability once there was universal provision for three-year-olds. Partnerships needed to 'keep connected to children and parents', she said, and the issue of integrating services 'had not been cracked'.
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