Ofsted’s latest statistics on ‘Childcare inspections and outcomes’ show as of 31 March 2015, 85 per cent of providers were rated as good or outstanding during their most recent inspection, up from 78 per cent a year earlier.
Of those judged as good or outstanding, 84 per cent were childminders, an increase of eight percentage points on the previous year, and 87 per cent nurseries, up from 82 per cent at the end of March 2014.
The number of providers judged as ‘requires improvement’ or inadequate also fell slightly.
As of March 2015, Ofsted had inspected 61,935 providers on the early years register. This included 22,844 nurseries and 28,943 childminders.
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