There's year-on-year improvement from last year, with 74 per cent of settings receiving good or outstanding grades, up from 68 per cent last year.
There are differences in the quality of provision between childminders and for settings in deprived areas.
For childminders, 71 per cent were good or outstanding, compared with 80 per cent for childcare in non-domestic premises. The gap in quality of childcare for families living in the most deprived areas remains. Sixty per cent of childminders are good or outstanding in deprived areas, compared with 74 per cent of nurseries judged good or outstanding in deprived areas. The gap is slightly narrower than last year, but it's not good enough.
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