Coronavirus: Ofsted to visit settings, ahead of a return to education inspection in January 2021
Ofsted will start to visit early years settings, schools and colleges from the autumn, with a return...
Inspection
Childminder numbers continue to fall in Ofsted pre-lockdown latest figures
The latest Ofsted childcare providers and inspections report, to 31 March 2020, reveals childminder...
A new job description for Ofsted inspectors?
With Ofsted inspections on hold, Dr Helen Edwards looks at how inspectors could support settings as...
Leadership for the EIF: Monitoring Staff - In progress
What does performance management entail and how does it help staff, when preparing for inspection...
Leadership: Staff Well-Being - Well supported
Staff well-being is more of a focus than ever under the new Education Inspection Framework. Annette...
Ofsted consultation on complaints process extended
Ofsted has extended the deadline on its consultation on post-inspection arrangements, such as...
Ofsted figures show ongoing fall in childminders - but childcare places stable
The number of childminders has fallen by a fifth since 2015, the latest Ofsted statistics show.
Coronavirus: Ofsted suspends routine inspections and teaching union calls for school closures
Ofsted has suspended all routine inspections of early years providers, schools and further education...
Nursery Management: Inspection - In the frame
Pennie Akehurst, managing director of Early Years Fundamentals, discusses the changes she has seen...
A guide to Ofsted registration - Registration revised
Ofsted launched a revised registration system in February after complaints about its old one. So how...
Coronavirus: Call for early years inspections to be put on hold
Ofsted is being urged to temporarily suspend routine early years inspections in light of the ongoing...
Ofsted consults on complaints process for early years settings
A new Ofsted consultation is asking practitioners for their views on how Ofsted handles complaints.
Ofsted makes registration process more straightforward for childcarers
Ofsted has updated its online registration system to make the process easier for early years...
Leadership - Age of reason
In the first of a new series on good leadership and management under the Education Inspection...
Ofsted annual report highlights changing childcare market
The early years sector is experiencing an ongoing fall in the number of childminders, while an...
Ofsted: best practice guide – managing behaviour - Model behaviour
Managing behaviour is a huge topic, for which a sound knowledge of child development is crucial....
‘Journey to Outstanding may be harder’
More than 80 per cent of providers are Good or Outstanding under Ofsted’s new inspection framework,...
More than 80 per cent of providers good or outstanding under EIF
Speaking today at the Nursery World Business Summit, Pennie Akehurst, managing director of Early...
New inspections welcomed by nurseries
Early years settings that have been inspected under the new framework are largely positive about...
Ofsted: best practice guide – managing risk - Risk benefit
Ofsted has said that settings need to be bolder with incorporating risk into activities. Jack and...
Labour pledges to scrap Ofsted
A Labour Government would axe Ofsted and replace it with local authority ‘health checks' for...
Nursery Management: Management - CoEL for staff
The Characteristics of Effective Learning aren’t just central to children’s development, but are...
Ofsted: best practice guide – parents - Getting parents on board
How The Village Nursery and Pre-School in Cheshire involves parents in nursery life and their...
Equip yourself for the new inspection framework at Nursery World's conference
Join us at our Birmingham conference, on 6 December, to find out what the new Ofsted Education...
INSTED not Ofsted…
A new campaign for a better nursery and schooling system is needed, argue Richard Brinton and...
Ofsted: best practice guide – observation, assessment and planning - Under observation
What do good observations consist of? Hannah Crown speaks to Outstanding-rated Apple Tree Private...
Ofsted: best practice guide–safeguarding - Open and honest
How can settings ensure that staff are fully trained up on safeguarding procedures? Hannah Crown...
DfE plans to raise Ofsted registration fees for early years settings
The Department for Education has launched a consultation into increasing registration fees for early...
Ofsted registration fees
The Government is consulting on plans to increase Ofsted registration fees for early years providers...
Exclusive: 'Avoid a Tesco curriculum', says leading academic
Settings should avoid ‘a Tesco-delivery’ model of early years curriculum under the new Ofsted...
Exclusive: I don't understand anxiety over new handbooks, says Ofsted chief
The Ofsted chief inspector has said anxiety about the creation of a two-tier system for early years...
Inspection - The early years handbook
Pennie Akehurst sets out key points on the new Early years inspection handbook in the second part of...
Ofsted: best practice guide – suitable people - Suitability test
What are the common problems with recruiting suitable people, and why does this come up so much in...
Childminder numbers continue to drop, while early years quality remains high
The number of childminders is continuing to fall and has dropped by 9,000 in less than four years,...
Inspection - The handbook for schools
In the first of a two-part series looking at the new Ofsted handbooks, lead teacher for Bristol...
Putting the curriculum at the heart of inspection
The way we inspect childcare provision is changing.
Ofsted: Best Practice Guide - People management
What is good practice when it comes to managing staff? The Village Nursery Group, based around...
Ofsted finalises new inspection handbooks
Ofsted has made some changes to the Early years inspection handbook and the School inspection...
Ofsted inspection framework: sector response
The early years sector has cautiously welcomed Ofsted’s new inspection framework, with its focus on...
Ofsted: new education inspection framework to go ahead in September
Ofsted has confirmed that it is pressing ahead with changes to the way it inspects early years...
Ofsted confirms no changes will be made to inspection grades
Ofsted says it will retain its four-point grading system of early years settings and schools despite...
Concern over change to Ofsted appeal process
Early years settings have raised concerns about changes to the way Ofsted deals with the internal...
Nursery World Inspection Conference
This one-day event will take delegates through what Ofsted expects under the forthcoming Education...
Ofsted: best practice guide - Planning for challenge
Bristol-based setting The Nursery has won praise for its approach to planning to best challenge...
EYFS 'not recognised' in new Ofsted school documents
Changes to the EYFS and new Ofsted framework are based on 'ideological and ill-informed' reasoning,...
Nursery Management: Inspection - In the frame
What is new in Ofsted’s recently published Education Inspection Framework, and what are the...
Ofsted: best practice guide - Monitoring and Evaluation
In the first of a series presenting models of best practice for inspection, we look at monitoring...
Childminder numbers fall by 3 per cent in three months
Early years organisation PACEY has commissioned research into the decline in childminding and the...
Get ready for the new Ofsted inspection framework at our conference
Nursery World's one-day event on 9 July has a line-up of leading experts to take you through what...
Call for ‘inspection holiday’ for nursery owners
A childcare provider is calling for routine Ofsted inspections to be postponed when nursery owners...
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