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Ofsted scores and role need reform

Thursday, August 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Ofsted scores need to better reflect child outcomes and should be brought in line with the 'internationally respected' ECERS and ITERS scales, according to a think tank report on bridging the gap between evidence and policy in early years education.

Children's centre cluster rated 'inadequate'

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Friday, August 9, 2013

| Nursery World

Three Greater Manchester children's centres have been judged 'inadequate' by Ofsted less than six months after they became a 'cluster'.

Sector voices concerns over paid-for inspections

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Monday, December 1, 2014

| Nursery World

Nursery owners have stressed that paid-for inspections, while welcome, must not divert Ofsted from inspecting settings within the set timescales.

'Unfair' disqualification rules for nursery staff removed

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Monday, July 2, 2018

| Nursery World

The Government has removed the disqualification by association rule for childcare practitioners in non-domestic settings and schools.

Childcare red tape review reveals confusion and high cost of regulation

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Friday, December 16, 2016

| Nursery World

Paperwork costs childcare providers more than £17m a year, a Government review into cutting red tape has found.

Co-operative Childcare nursery temporarily closed by Ofsted

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Monday, July 22, 2013

| Nursery World

The Co-operative Childcare's Blackbird Leys Nursery in Oxford has had its registration suspended by Ofsted following concerns about children's safety.

Co-operative Childcare nursery re-opens

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

| Nursery World

The Co-operative childcare's Blackbird Leys Nursery has re-opened today after Ofsted suspended its registration.

Ofsted rebuffs FOI request for inspection data

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Thursday, September 19, 2013

| Nursery World

The Pre-school Learning Alliance has had to re-submit a freedom OF information request after Ofsted said that it would be too costly to provide the information on earl years inspections for the time period requested.

Guide to Ofsted’s new common inspection framework

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

| Nursery World

The new common inspection framework applies to all education inspections and will come into force from September 2015.

Fewer than half of children's centres 'good or better'

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Thursday, September 11, 2014

| Nursery World

Fewer than half of children’s centres in the latest round of inspections were rated good or outstanding, Ofsted figures show.

Ofsted brings 'requires improvement' inspections in-house

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Friday, September 26, 2014

| Nursery World

Ofsted’s own in-house inspectors will take on responsibility for re-inspecting 'requires improvement 'nurseries in place of outside contractors Prospects and Tribal, Nursery World can exclusively reveal.

Nurseries and childminders do better in inspections

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Thursday, March 26, 2015

| Nursery World

The number of nurseries and childminders rated good and outstanding increased in the last inspection period.

Out-of-school clubs judged against old criteria

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Monday, August 24, 2015

| Nursery World

Out-of-school clubs are being downgraded by Ofsted for failing to meet inspection requirements that are no longer applicable.

Ofsted calls for stronger 'oversight' of large providers

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Monday, November 1, 2021

| Nursery World

Ofsted is calling for stronger regulatory powers to ensure early years providers with multiple settings are having a positive impact on children.

Next steps for the #Ofsted Big Conversation

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Friday, December 20, 2013

| Nursery World

Early years providers across the country will be taking part in more Ofsted Big Conversation meetings in the New Year.

Exclusive: Concern over lack of data on nursery deaths and injuries

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Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

No official records are kept on the number of deaths, serious injuries and accidents that occur while children are in nursery or other childcare settings, a Nursery World investigation reveals.

Ofsted Big Conversation: Sector makes list of actions for Ofsted

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Friday, September 20, 2013

| Nursery World

The weekend of action sparked a wealth of ideas from nursery owners, practitioners, and childminders, among others.

New framework for childminder agency inspection released

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

| Nursery World

Childminding agencies will either be judged as ‘effective’ or ‘non-effective’ by Ofsted during their inspections, new guidance reveals.

Children's centre groups make progress in latest inspections

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Thursday, June 25, 2015

| Nursery World

More children's centre groups are being judged good or outstanding according to new Ofsted statistics, but nearly half are still below this level.

Ofsted's new inspection framework: Aiming for a two-way process

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Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

Susan Gregory, national director education, Ofsted, maps out the changes which will encourage providers to take stronger ownership of their inspections in the future.

Early years settings, schools and colleges will share common inspection framework

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Thursday, October 9, 2014

| Nursery World

Early years settings will be inspected under a new common inspection framework alongside schools and further education colleges, in plans put out for consultation by Ofsted today.

Ofsted revises rules for compliance inspections

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Monday, February 17, 2014

| Nursery World

The early years sector has welcomed the decision by Ofsted that it will no longer automatically carry out a full inspection following a compliance investigation.

Ireland a step closer to regulating childcare services

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

| Nursery World

Irish Ministers have approved a number of proposals to strengthen the regulation of pre-school services in Ireland by law.

Ofsted challenged over 'pre-determined inspections'

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Thursday, June 27, 2013

| Nursery World

The Pre-School Learning Alliance has met with Ofsted to discuss the rise in nurseries inspection grades being revised.

Ofsted unveils tougher inspection regime for early years

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Friday, August 2, 2013

| Nursery World

Ofsted is toughening up its early years inspection system with a new framework operational from 4 November.

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Ofsted scores and role need reform

Children's centre cluster rated 'inadequate'

Sector voices concerns over paid-for inspections

'Unfair' disqualification rules for nursery staff removed

Childcare red tape review reveals confusion and high cost of regulation

Co-operative Childcare nursery temporarily closed by Ofsted

Co-operative Childcare nursery re-opens

Ofsted rebuffs FOI request for inspection data

Guide to Ofsted’s new common inspection framework

Fewer than half of children's centres 'good or better'

Ofsted brings 'requires improvement' inspections in-house

Nurseries and childminders do better in inspections

Out-of-school clubs judged against old criteria

Ofsted calls for stronger 'oversight' of large providers

Next steps for the #Ofsted Big Conversation

Exclusive: Concern over lack of data on nursery deaths and injuries

Ofsted Big Conversation: Sector makes list of actions for Ofsted

New framework for childminder agency inspection released

Children's centre groups make progress in latest inspections

Ofsted's new inspection framework: Aiming for a two-way process

Early years settings, schools and colleges will share common inspection framework

Ofsted revises rules for compliance inspections

Ireland a step closer to regulating childcare services

Ofsted challenged over 'pre-determined inspections'

Ofsted unveils tougher inspection regime for early years

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