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Nurseries really have nothing to fear from accreditation schemes, says Karen Graham, owner of Rossett House Nursery, Wrexham and director of Childcare North West and Training and Assessment Solutions As an organisation, we are strongly committed to providing high-quality childcare. Self-evaluation has always played an important part in helping us achieve this and, having gained the Investors in People award, we began looking at a number of quality assurance schemes.

As an organisation, we are strongly committed to providing high-quality childcare. Self-evaluation has always played an important part in helping us achieve this and, having gained the Investors in People award, we began looking at a number of quality assurance schemes.

I was looking for a scheme that was relevant to the complex business of childcare and pre-school education - something that the generic quality assurance schemes I had looked at did not really address. I also wanted something that was practical, that had potential for a team approach, and that would help us to develop further our provision.

When I read through Quality Counts, the quality assurance scheme produced by the National Day Nurseries Association, it became clear that this scheme would work for us.

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