Results for single children's centre inspections showed a slight decline over the past two years since the latest inspection framework was introduced, with 67 per cent judged good or outstanding, a fall of two percentage points.
This compares to 80 percent of childcare providers achieving good or outstanding in their last inspection.
At 31 March 2015, of 214 children's centre groups inspected, 2 per cent were outstanding and 50 per cent good, with 38 per cent judged as requiring improvement and nine per cent inadequate (see table). This was a nine percentage point rise on 31 March 2014.
Some 32 per cent of single children's centres are deemed to be requires improvement, with 11 per cent outstanding and 56 per cent good.
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