Nursery World - Ofsted finds quality of care on the rise

Standards of childcare have risen and the number of places in England is up by 15 per cent, according to Ofsted's annual report published this week. The report shows an increase in the number of providers offering good-quality care compared with a year ago. More than half of full-day care and sessional care was judged as good quality care. Almost all childcare was at least satisfactory.

The report shows an increase in the number of providers offering good-quality care compared with a year ago. More than half of full-day care and sessional care was judged as good quality care. Almost all childcare was at least satisfactory.

Ofsted found that 64 per cent of full-day care providers were good, compared with 59 per cent of those providing sessional daycare and 47 per cent of childminders.

Of those daycare settings that were found to be satisfactory or unsatisfactory, the report found that there were 'commonly shortfalls in how they organise their provision. Problems relate to insufficient or inadequately trained staff which, in the worst cases, lead to poor management of children's behaviour or to very young children receiving poor levels of care'.

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