Nurseries and pre-schools operating in large groups have a greater proportion of Outstanding grades, Ofsted’s annual report shows.
While the proportion of nurseries and pre-schools judged Good and Outstanding is similar across groups and those operating alone, there is ‘a notable difference’ in the proportion judged outstanding for groups of 21 or more.
These groups operate around 1,420 nurseries with a third of their settings (33 per cent) judged Outstanding and 63 per cent rated Good.
The vast majority of nurseries and pre-schools are standalone businesses – 14,500 as of 31 August. For those that fall within this category, just over a fifth (21 per cent) run provision judged Outstanding by Ofsted.
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