Private, voluntary and independent (PVI) providers

Use these Quality Matters resources to monitor, reflect and improve practice in your preschool, day nursery/nursery or out of school provision.

• Introduction to quality matters in Essex (Word, 107KB)
• The best for every child: quality leadership and management (Word, 188KB)
• High quality care: transition from your setting to school or to another setting (Word, 187KB)
• High quality care: transition routines within the setting (Word, 176KB)
• Pedagogy: high quality interactions (Word, 182KB)
• Pedagogy: the learning environment (Word, 181KB)
• The curriculum: what we want children to learn (Word, 193KB)
• Assessment: checking what children have learnt (Word, 183KB)
• Self regulation and executive function: behaviour and attitudes (Word, 180KB)
• Self regulation and executive function: personal development (Word, 179KB)
• Partnerships with parents: information for committees (Word, 175KB)
• Partnerships with parents: transition from home or another setting (Word, 176KB)
• Quality practice for children from two to three years (Word, 184KB)
• Quality practice for working with babies (Word, 182KB)
• Quality matters for children in care (Word, 190KB)