lisbet
27-11-2012, 12:41 PM
Well according to Ofsted, group settings offer better provision, and children's centres should be linked to weaker providers - Do you think Ms Truss helped them with the report?! :ohdear:
Ofsted | Ofsted Annual Report 2011/12: Susan Gregory, National Director Education and Early Years introduces early years highlights (http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/ofsted-annual-report-201112-susan-gregory-national-director-education-and-early-years-introduces-ear)
I'm qualified to Level 4 and an experienced early years practitioner, but I'm not returning to work in a local authority nursery - despite there being really wonderful children's centres where I live - because I think that nurturing children's emotional and developmental needs in a home environment is of real value to very young children, and to some children who struggle in group settings (3 & 4yrs old is still very young!!)
I haven't even been registered yet and Ofsted is basically telling parent's 'choose a group setting, not a childminder'...:(
Ofsted | Ofsted Annual Report 2011/12: Susan Gregory, National Director Education and Early Years introduces early years highlights (http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/ofsted-annual-report-201112-susan-gregory-national-director-education-and-early-years-introduces-ear)
I'm qualified to Level 4 and an experienced early years practitioner, but I'm not returning to work in a local authority nursery - despite there being really wonderful children's centres where I live - because I think that nurturing children's emotional and developmental needs in a home environment is of real value to very young children, and to some children who struggle in group settings (3 & 4yrs old is still very young!!)
I haven't even been registered yet and Ofsted is basically telling parent's 'choose a group setting, not a childminder'...:(