Purnima Tanuku OBE, chief executive, NDNA said: "Whilst the proposal to have a separate judgment for early years in schools is an improvement on the current situation where there can be little mention of early years in a school's report, it still means parents of young children will have very limited information about a school's provision.
"The proposed paragraph in school reports about early years is in no way a level playing field with a full inspection and report on standalone early years provision. It also gives local authorities making decisions about early years funding little to go on. NDNA believes schools should have to register and be inspected as early years settings so all children have the benefit of the same level of protection wherever they take up their early education. This is particularly critical for under threes and we're urging government to rethink its plans for legislation that will allow schools to take two year olds without having to register separately with Ofsted."
For more information see www.ofsted.gov.uk/consultations