RAISING QUALITY IN THE EARLY YEARS

A+ Education Ltd

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A+ Education Ltd provide training, audit and support services based around the Environment Rating Scales – ECERS-R, ECERS-E, ITERS-R, FCCERS-R and SACERS.


Our aim is to support settings and Local Authorities to use the scales as vehicles for raising quality, meeting EYFS obligations and improving outcomes for children.

We currently work with over 40 Local Authorities and many settings across the country, using the ECERS and other scales to raise quality.

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NEWS FOR 2011

SUPPORTING QUALITY EARLY LEARNING FOR
DISADVANTAGED TWO YEAR OLDS

As part of the 2010 Spending Review, the Government announced that the free entitlement to 15 hours of nursery education would be extended to every disadvantaged two-year-old.  See our 'Two Year Olds' page for details on how to support the quality of funded places using the Infant Toddler Environment Rating Scale (ITERS).

AUTUMN 2011 COURSES 

We are now taking bookings for our Five Day "Leading and Managing Quality Improvement (LMQI)" courses. For further details, see the 'Training and moderation' section of our website.

"A+ is the only group we authorize to provide training on the scales in the UK. We work frequently with the A+ group, and know of no others in the UK who have worked with us enough to provide the high level of
training
we would expect."
Debby Cryer, co- author of the ECERS-R, ITERS-R and FCCERS-R