Ofsted: best practice guide – managing behaviour - Model behaviour
Managing behaviour is a huge topic, for which a sound knowledge of child development is crucial. Molescroft Farm Nursery shares some tips with Hannah Crown
Inspection
Ofsted: best practice guide – managing risk - Risk benefit
Ofsted has said that settings need to be bolder with incorporating risk into activities. Jack and Jill’s nursery has a model that works. By Hannah Crown
Nursery Management: Management - CoEL for staff
The Characteristics of Effective Learning aren’t just central to children’s development, but are also key to improving staff performance, argues Pennie Akehurst
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 children’s development. By Meredith Jones Russell
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 Day Nursery in Rochdale to find out
Ofsted: best practice guide–safeguarding - Open and honest
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How can settings ensure that staff are fully trained up on safeguarding procedures? Hannah Crown looks at good practice at Little Rainbows Day Nursery
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...
Inspection - The handbook for schools
In the first of a two-part series looking at the new Ofsted handbooks, lead teacher for Bristol...
Ofsted: Best Practice Guide - People management
What is good practice when it comes to managing staff? The Village Nursery Group, based around...
Ofsted: best practice guide - Planning for challenge
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Bristol-based setting The Nursery has won praise for its approach to planning to best challenge...
Nursery Management: Inspection - In the frame
What is new in Ofsted’s recently published Education Inspection Framework, and what are the...
Guides & Resources
Ofsted Inspections
Former Ofsted inspector Debbie Alcock covers everything from safeguarding to disqualifications, allegations, preparing for inspections, and understanding Ofsted terminology.
Inspecting Ofsted Reports
What can be discovered from a systematic analysis of Ofsted reports? Pennie Akehurst, former head of the early years and childcare service at Derbyshire County Council, pulls out the key themes from thousands of inspections in this invaluable guide.
Ofsted Education Inspection Framework
Ofsted's new inspection framework for early years, schools and colleges comes into force in September 2019.
Safeguarding
What are the current challenges in social care, and how does this impact on the early years practitioner? What about recent reforms? Safeguarding expert Rachel Buckler provides this guide to safeguarding in the current climate.
Ofsted: best practice guide - Monitoring and Evaluation
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In the first of a series presenting models of best practice for inspection, we look at monitoring and evaluation processes at Poppy and Jack’s. By Hannah Crown
Unpicking Ofsted Reports, Part 12: Top Ofsted issues
To round off our series on common themes in Ofsted inspections, Pennie Akehurst presents the top ten problem areas from 2017-2018
Unpicking Ofsted Reports, Part 11: Teaching and Learning and the New Inspection Framework
- Management | Inspection | Careers & Training | Inspecting Ofsted Reports | Ofsted Education Inspection Framework
Former head of early years Pennie Akehurst looks forward to the Education Inspection Framework, set to launch in September 2019
Unpicking Ofsted Reports, part 10: Monitoring and Evaluation – A rounded view
When it comes to vulnerable children, how should settings approach areas such as assessment and planning and performance management, asks Pennie Akehurst
Unpicking Ofsted Reports, part 9: Partnerships
With the 30 hours leading to more children attending multiple settings, Pennie Akehurst finds the common areas settings can improve on when it comes to working together
Unpicking Ofsted reports, part 8: vulnerable children
When it comes to vulnerable children, how should settings approach areas such as assessment and planning and performance management, asks Pennie Akehurst
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