Childcare Quality Improvement & Self Evaluation

In early years, Quality Counts.

Reflect, review and improve your practice to the highest quality standards with Quality Counts. 

NDNA's Quality Counts award scheme provides a framework for embedding quality and self evaluation throughout your setting.

Quality Counts has three options:

Journey to Excellence Toolbox

Comprehensive 160 page guide to quality, two online courses and self-assessment templates.

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Online Audit and Review

An online audit and exemplification documents followed by feedback and an online review.

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Certification Mark

Reflect, review and improve your practice to the highest quality standards with this accreditation.

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Related quality improvement training:

Developing Outstanding Practice - Discover a range of strategies to develop and enhance your practice.
Find out more here or find a course near you here

Quality Teaching In Early Years - Enable early years practitioners to raise the quality of their teaching and support children to make the best possible progress across the EYFS.

Find out more here or find a course near you here

NDNA’s new Quality Counts system is very good. The audits, details and exemplifications were clear to use when making judgements and evaluating our practice.

- Hilary Sharples at Ashbridge School

Benefits of achieving Quality Counts accreditation:

  • Improve the outcomes of children
  • Stand out from the competition
  • Improve teamwork and communication
  • Improve staff development, understanding, morale and engagement
  • Improved Inspector judgements.

Contact the Quality Counts team by emailing qualitycounts@NDNA.org.uk.


Start your journey here