Ofsted inspectors will make common judgements for all providers working with children aged from birth to five for the first time when the Early Years Foundation Stage comes into force in September.
Aligning the inspection regimes across the entire range of early years providers in England, from nurseries to out-of-school clubs and from childminders to state schools, has been a challenging task: the inspection cycles for schools did not line up with those for early years settings and by law, school inspections have to make judgements on issues that are not covered in private sector early years settings, such as value for money.
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