The national regulator is introducing the system for every care servicein the country. Nurseries, playgroups and childminders will all beawarded marks in three to five different areas, presented in regularat-a-glance report cards and backed up by detailed reports.
The separate areas are care and support or information, environment,staffing, and management/leadership.
Grading inspections will be carried out from April 2008, with the firstreports published on 1 July 2008.
Jacquie Roberts, chief executive of the Care Commission, said, 'We havelistened carefully to the views of care users, their families andfriends, and the message was clear - they wanted a simple, quick andeffective way to rate care services in their area.'
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