Our Approach: Non-maintained nurseries
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We inspect all nursery settings which are not managed by schools and are funded to provide part-time early education for three and four-year-olds.
We carry out these inspections jointly with Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) and we inspect at least once during a six-year inspection cycle.
After each inspection, we publish our findings in a joint report on our website.
Each year we publish the HMCI’s annual report. This includes a summary of our inspection findings as well as examples of effective practice and areas for development within the sector.
We also publish a range of reports and tools to support development in the sector.