The Other Glass Ceiling: The domestic politics of parenting, by Demos, recommends that a new inspection and assessment framework should be developed for providers, from childminders to extended schools, focusing on public values.
Co-author of the report, Hannah Green, said, 'The ECM assessment framework makes an artificial distinction between things that are child-friendly and things that are family-friendly.'
She argued that as well as being assessed on the five outcomes, the inspection framework should look at whether the provision can develop skills and competences that children can use beyond the childcare setting - for example, whether they are explicitly being encouraged to develop negotiation skills and make choices for themselves, or whether the provision fosters an eagerness to learn and encourages them to become autonomous, self-aware human beings.
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