… While good quality provision was found across all types of early years settings, with greater
variation within than between settings, higher overall quality was found in settings integrating …

… below) with special reference to early years care and education. The intention of the Act
was to bring early years within the mainstream of local authority provision, but its provisions fell …

… early years provision and ‘average’ nursery provision in the UK. On 7/8 measures the early
years … In contrast, the early years centres were rated as between minimal to good on areas …

… This paper reviews developments in policy on early childhood education and care – early
years – under the Coalition Government in England. Three factors came to define the Coalition’…

… system was introduced, all early childhood services coming under the purview of … Early
Years Foundation Stage. So by the end of the Labour administration, in 2010, all early childhood …

… early years sector to reflect the growing demands, including integrated working, that were
being made of early childhood … graduate Early Years Professional (EYP) or early years teacher …

… early years specialists convened to offer a critical evaluation of past and current changes
to early years … Panel members and the postgraduate and early years practitioner audience …

… is also growing unease that early years provision is primarily viewed by government in terms
of preparation for schooling. This has led organisations concerned with early childhood to …

… We must also ask where early years services fit within the overall pattern of provision for
children, and particularly how they relate to schools–what could be described as the ‘L-shaped …

… a significant policy shift in early childhood care and education (… stands in respect of early
childhood provision; it identifies some … seeking high quality ECCE provision for young children. …