Education Scotland early learning and childcare (ELC) Quality indicators (QI): FOI release

Information requested

I am interested in analysing the Education Scotland nursery inspection report results which are available on the website.

Response

HM Inspectors of Education inspect the quality of children’s learning and achievement in early learning and childcare (ELC) settings. Quality indicators (QI) for ELC inspections carried out from academic year 2018-19 to July 2023 where the inspection report has been published are
detailed in Appendix 1.

Notes
1. ELC settings may be standalone settings or nursery classes within schools.

2. Quality indicators from the framework ‘How good is our early learning and childcare?’ are used in the inspection of ELC settings. The quality indicators used are:

QI 1.3	Leadership of change
QI 2.3	Learning, teaching and assessment
QI 3.1	Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion
QI 3.2	Securing children’s progress

1. Full model inspections of ELC settings evaluate and grade four QIs (QI 1.3; QI 2.3; QI 3.1; and QI 3.2).

2. Short model inspections of ELC settings evaluate and grade two QIs (QI 2.3 and QI 3.2).

3. A six point scale is used for grading quality indicators, which is set out below.

Quality Indicator Grading

6	Excellent
5	Very good
4	Good
3	Satisfactory
2	Weak
1	Unsatisfactory

1. The data provided relates to inspections of ELC settings that were carried out from academic year 2018/19 to July 2023 where the report has been published.
2. Inspections were paused in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resumed in August 2022.

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FOI 202300367271 - Information Released - Appendix 1

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