The Childrens Act 2006 was the first Act to be passed that is dedicated to Early Years and Childcare transforming services for the following years to come. The Act regulates childcare in England and determines registration and inspection arrangements for integrated education and care for the Early Years and Childcare registers under Section 49 and 50. Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills) inspect and regulate our services in which we care for children and young people, and our services in providing education and learning opportunities. Ofsted evaluates the overall quality and standards of care in conjunction with the mandatory requirements of ‘The Statutory Framework of the Early Years Foundation Stage’ …show more content…
Section 39 The Early Years Foundation Stage (1) For the purpose of promoting the well-being of young children for whom early years provision is provided by early years providers to whom section 40 applies, the Secretary of State must— (a) by order specify in accordance with section 41 such requirements as he considers appropriate relating to learning by, and the development of, such children (“learning and development requirements”), and (b) by regulations specify in accordance with section 43 such requirements as he considers appropriate governing the activities of early years providers to whom section 40 applies (“welfare requirements”). (2) The learning and development requirements and the welfare requirements are together to be known as “the Early Years Foundation Stage”. Section 40 Duty to implement Early Years Foundation