According to the most recent results released by the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (or Ofsted) 4% of childminders, nurseries and creche facilities were deemed as inadequate for inspections carried out between April 2006 and March 2007.
The good news of procedure is that 96% of childcare providers inspected were deemed as enough or better with 3% rated as outstanding, 54% good and 39% satisfactory.
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However for the 4% of childcare providers in the Getting on Well: Enjoying, Achieving and Contributing report who were judged to furnish inadequate childcare some of the reasons citied for their rating included:
1. Insufficient range of toys and activities, so that children roam aimlessly
2. Adults with lack of knowledge of how to guide children's learning
3. Lack of quarterly observation
4. Lack of opportunities to engage children's interest
5. Poorly-organised environment
Another piece of good news from the report seems to be that once a childcare premise has been rated as inadequate steps are often put in place to bring it up to a satisfactory standard. This is highlighted by the fact that inspectors returned to practically 300 childcare providers who were previously deemed as unsatisfactory and upon re-inspection 85% of these had improved.
Clearly any way the bad news is that 4% is 4% too many when it comes to inadequate childcare and therefore Ofsted, the Government and Childcare providers are working together to make sure standards improve.
The fact is most childcare facilities are run highly well with hard working, dedicated and totally pro staff who love what they do and are good at their job. For the 4% of nurseries, childminders and crèches who remain unsatisfactory lessons could in effect be learnt from the vast majority who do such an exquisite job in educating and seeing after our children.
And for the good of our community as a whole it is imperative that standards among carers and educators of children continue to improve. This is because explore shows that there is in many cases a direct link between high ability early years learning and care and improved intellectual, collective and behavioural amelioration in the future.
Mark Burdett, Marketing owner of The Uk Nursery insurance Brokers Northern Counties had this to say about Ofsted's most recent results, "We furnish Nursery insurance and other types of firm insurance to many dissimilar types of childcare providers and what strikes me most is how hard habitancy in the childcare business in effect work. It is clear that if 4% of childcare providers aren't meeting sure standards then improvements will need to be made but I don't think the vast majority of parents should feel the need to unduly worry as the childcare facilities in the Uk are amongst, if not the, best in the world."
Mark went on to add, "Northern Counties furnish protection and peace of mind in the form of Nursery insurance and I know the vast majority of childcare providers are also doing all they can to make sure the children in their care are happy, safe and make in the right way."
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