Interviewed in this week’s issue of Nursery World Elizabeth Truss hinted at changes ahead that would give providers more leeway to use their professional discretion.
The minister for education and childcare said that she intends to give ‘a comprehensive response about the regulatory system’ in the Government’s response to the Nutbrown review, which is expected shortly.
Ms Truss told Nursery World that she intended to increase ‘the level of professional discretion and professionalism, and that means allowing, where there are not issues of quality and safety, providers more say in how they operate,’ she said.
‘I think it’s really important that if we say to people you are a graduate leader, that we allow people to exercise their professional judgement, and that’s what parents want – high quality, trusted people who are properly regulated by Ofsted, making decisions about how they run their nursery, their childminding practice.’
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