Quality improvement framework for early learning and childcare sectors

We understand the framework may still feel unfamiliar, making it challenging to grasp initially. To help, we have created this list of framework's headings and quality indicators. We hope these support you in seeing the holistic nature of the framework and how all the different quality indictors contribute to quality practice.

Early learning and childcare

Leadership:

• Leadership and management of staff and resources

• Staff skills, knowledge, values and deployment

• Leadership of continuous improvement

Children thrive and develop in quality spaces

• Children experience high quality spaces

Children play and learn

• Play and learning 

• Curriculum 

• Learning, teaching and assessment

Children are supported to achieve

• Nurturing care and support 

• Wellbeing, inclusion and equality for all 

• Children’s progress 

• Safeguarding and child protection