Nursery World - Ofsted's early years report

Ofsted’s first annual early years report, with its focus on school as the best place for two-year-olds, has drawn a vocal response from the sector.

Here are a selection of comments received so far:

Purnima Tanuku, chief executive of the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA)

NDNA strongly disputes the idea, which is not backed by Ofsted’s own figures, that nurseries are letting down children, including those from a disadvantaged background.

We have to question how Ofsted can draw the conclusion disadvantaged two-year-olds are being failed by nurseries when the scheme to give free places to these children has only just started. The two-year-olds who have taken up free entitlement, most of whom would not have had any early education without it, have not reached reception age so their ‘school readiness’ cannot be judged.

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