Early years providers feel that inspections don’t capture the ‘full picture’, with inspectors missing ‘key elements’ of the working day, according to findings from an independent report carried out on behalf of Ofsted.
Research was carried out by the IFF, a market research agency, into the views of education and social care professionals as part of the inspectorate’s Big Listen. This has helped shape reforms announced by Ofsted in September, including the removal of the single-word judgement, which is to be replaced by a report card.
It is based on a survey of 3,496 providers – of which 1,152 were early years providers – and a survey of individuals. A total of 376 individuals from the early years sector took part.
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