Nursery World painstakingly analysed the Ofsted reports of the 20 biggest nursery groups in the country to find out how the big chains in England fare in terms of the quality of the early education and childcare they offer.
For each group we have calculated the percentage of nurseries that are outstanding, good, satisfactory or inadequate.
We also devised a points system and gave points to each setting on the basis of their Ofsted grades. The total number of points for each group was then divided by the number of Ofsted reports, to produce a final score.
On this basis, we were able to compile a top 20 table for quality, in addition to our annual league table of the largest nursery groups, which is based on the number of places they offer.
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