Nursery World contacted a number of local authorities for comments about the proposals.
Ofsted becomes 'the sole arbiter of quality in the early years', in the Government's 'More Great Childcare' shake-up.
Education and Childcare Minister Elizabeth Truss's report proposes ending 'duplication' in inspection. 'At the moment some local authorities also inspect early years providers who are implementing the early education programme for threeand four-year-olds as well as two-year-olds,' it says.
'We will make Ofsted inspection rating the sole test of whether a provider can offer funded early education for two-, threeand four-year-olds.' The Government is proposing changes to the statutory guidance covering the early education programme to emphasise this.
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