Are organisation, leadership and management getting any better?
Year-on-year the percentage of settings judged outstanding in their organisation to promote better outcomes for children has risen steadily in all types of provision except out-of-school schemes and crèches.
The level of good and outstanding leadership and management of early education has risen from 53% in 2005–06 to 69% in 2007–08. It has risen in all types of settings offering early education. The proportion judged outstanding has risen in all types of day-care setting.
Figure 14: Trends in quality of organisation, April 2005 to March 2008
Note: numbers refer to the most recent inspections on all providers each year still active at the end of the year. They exclude 1,880 providers with no children on roll: 1,580 with satisfactory organisation and 300 with inadequate organisation. Totals numbers inspected are shown in brackets. Percentages are rounded and may not always add exactly to 100.
Figure 15: Trends in quality of leadership and management
Note: numbers refer to the most recent early education inspections each year of providers still active at the end of the year. Total numbers inspected are shown in brackets. Percentages are rounded and may not always add exactly to 100.
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