However, there has been an improvement in the quality of all early yearsprovision since the EYFS was introduced in 2008, with 74 per cent ofnurseries, pre-schools, children's centres and childminders receivinggood or outstanding grades, compared with 65 per cent three yearsago.
The report, published as part of Ofsted's annual report, said thatpre-schools and nurseries do better than childminders at preparingchildren for school.
Ofsted found that childcare linked with a children's centre tends to beof a higher quality and said that there was a strong case for creating'hubs' of the best performing settings, children's centres and schoolsto link up with weaker group care providers and childminders.
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