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Choosing childcare that will work for you, perhaps just a year after the birth of your baby, may seem like a daunting task. After all, the language of childcare isn’t necessarily clear. Terms like ‘childcare on non-domestic premises’, ‘childminder agencies’ and ‘children's centres’ are not always easy to understand, as HM Chief Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw highlighted in a speech about the early years in April 2014, when he said that how we talk about early education and the information available to parents is confusing. This is where Ofsted can help. There are many different types of early years settings, but what we are fundamentally concerned about is their quality. Early years settings should be places where children are safe, and where they can learn and flourish in a stimulating environment. Our inspection reports can help parents make informed decisions about where their young child will be cared for. You can go to Ofsted’s inspection report website and look for early years settings close to your home. You can read about each setting in detail and
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decide whether or not it’s right for you and your child. The good news is that early years quality has never been higher. The latest statistics show that 86% of nurseries and other types of early years settings were judged good or outstanding at their most recent inspection. What do we mean by good and outstanding? To be clear, good is a high standard. A good nursery is one in which teaching is consistently strong or improving steadily. While an outstanding preschool has highly effective or rapidly improving teaching; and its leaders and managers actively seek, evaluate and act on the views of parents, staff and children in order to drive continual improvement. In Leeds, there are 1,120 providers on the early years register. Quality in the city is in fact very slightly higher than in England, and indeed that’s true for Yorkshire and Humber as a whole. In Leeds, 87% of early years providers were judged to be good or better at their most recent inspection, as of the end of March this year.
We recently published a survey of early education, which found thousands of examples of early years settings that are providing rich experiences for poorer children. But choosing a childcare provider doesn’t begin and end with Ofsted. Rather, I’d suggest that as well as reading Ofsted’s inspection reports of early years settings in their area, parents should actually go and visit those local settings and talk to the providers face-to-face. Only then can you be absolutely sure you have made best choice for you and your child.
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