Service providers will be invited to give their views on new inspection regime

The quality of education being provided at pre-schools will be assessed for the first time after the summer under a new inspection regime.

The Department of Education and Skills said it planned to carry out unannounced, one-day inspections from Autumn 2015 on a number of service providers in the Government’s Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) scheme.

Under the pilot phase, pre-schools will be invited to give their views on the new form of inspection as it is being developed.

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