Proud of raising our standards
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
By Liz Bayram, chief executive of the National Childminding Association Ofsted released its Annual Report this week and, for the first time, early years settings, including registered childminders, have received 'outstanding' gradings and their names listed in the report. This has already been the case for schools and colleges for some time and it is a great to see early years settings now recognised in the same way. NCMA has heard from many of the childminders who have received an 'outstanding' grading, including those who had only being registered for a few months beforehand.
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