Daycare and childminding services in England have received a broadly positive appraisal in Ofsted's first-ever national analysis of the standard of provision.
Early years: the first national picture presents the outcome of Ofsted's inspections of all childminders and daycare providers over the 19-month transitional period after it took over responsibility for regulation from local authorities and for implementing new national standards from September 2001.
Although only 41 per cent of providers met the standards on their first inspection, Ofsted says that the vast majority have now attained these standards and only needed a few changes to get there.
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