Launch of Consultation on Education-focused Inspections in Early Years Settings participating in the ECCE Scheme

The Department of Education and Skills and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs have launched a consultation on Education-focused Inspections in Early Years Settings for those participating in the ECCE Scheme.

The planned education-focused inspections will be unannounced, one day inspections. The inspector will evaluate the quality of the educational provision in the pre-schools and the experiences provided to the children

The consultation will allow those working in the early years sector an opportunity to comment on the way in which the inspections will be carried out.

The education-focused inspections will be piloted in Autumn 2015  in a number of early years pre-schools participating in the ECCE scheme.