Catherine Gaunt

Wendy Ratcliff: 'Amongst all the challenges, our inspection results show that most children are getting good early education, and that's a reason to be optimistic about the future'
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Interview – Wendy Ratcliff, Ofsted's Principal Officer for Early Education 

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Amanda Spielman steps down as Ofsted chief inspector next month after seven years in the role
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Ofsted highlights early years workforce crisis in annual report

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The International Baccalaureate webinar hosted by Nursery World PHOTO Screengrab
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How the International Baccalaureate framework can complement the EYFS – webinar

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Join us for a webinar on the International Baccalaureate early years programme

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Six in ten respondents are struggling or ‘on the breadline’ PHOTO Adobe Stock
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LONG READ: NW's cost of living survey finds low pay places even highly qualified staff in dire straits

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Reception Baseline: Just 3 per cent of teachers believe test provides 'accurate' information on children's skills

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Early years maths scheme to expand nationally

Careers & Training
Purnima Tankuku, chief executive of the National Day Nurseries Association, speaking at the Wellcome Centre in London on Tuesday PHOTO NDNA
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NDNA to launch Institute of Early Years Education

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Children from Alyth Kindergarten in London making challah on Friday PHOTO Alyth Kindergarten
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How Jewish nurseries are supporting children and families, in the wake of the attack on Israel

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Keir Starmer delivering the keynote speech at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool on 10 October 2023 Screengrab: YouTube, Labour
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Keir Starmer promises 'decade of renewal' at Labour conference

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A Labour government would bring in supervised tooth brushing for three- to-five-year-olds in schools PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Labour pledges toothbrushing scheme for three- to five-year-olds in schools

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Rishi Sunak plans to combine A Levels and T Levels PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Prime minister sets out plan to combine A Levels and T Levels

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The Nursery World Award Winners 2023 PHOTO Colin Miller
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Nursery World Awards 2023 – congratulations to all our winners!

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Pro Bono Economics said the growing number of legal challenges about how to support children with additional needs was ‘deeply worrying’ PHOTO Adobe Stock
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£60m wasted in SEND tribunals disputing EHCP plans – research

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Prime minister Rishi Sunak
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Rishi Sunak found 'inadvertently' to have broken ministerial code over failure to declare wife's shares in childminding agency

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Dame Christine Gilbert will become chair of the Education Endowment Foundation early next year PHOTO EEF
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Dame Christine Gilbert named incoming chair of Education Endowment Foundation

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