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Three in ten settings downgraded following complaints-driven inspections

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

| Nursery World

Nearly a third of nurseries and childminders inspected following a complaint have seen their grade drop, according to figures released by Ofsted.

New Ofsted framework: Judgements to take into account history of provider

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Friday, October 4, 2013

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The new Ofsted inspection framework says that inspectors must keep the 'bigger picture' in mind and take into account the history of provision, including any concerns, when making their judgement.

FOI request shows very few Ofsted complaints upheld

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Thursday, October 3, 2013

| Nursery World

A Freedom of Information (FOI) request filed by a 'downgraded' nursery provider has revealed that only a tiny percentage of settings have had their complaint upheld by Ofsted and judgement changed.

Ofsted 'willing' to meet with nurseries and childminders

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

| Nursery World

Following last weekend's Big Conversation, Ofsted has confirmed that it would like to meet with representatives from the early years sector.

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 launches new single inspection framework for children's services

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

| Nursery World

Ofsted has published a new single inspection framework for inspecting local authority children's services.

Ofsted Big Conversation - More than 300 people unite for Ofsted action

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Friday, September 20, 2013

| Nursery World

The early years sector has put Ofsted on a 'notice to improve' following a weekend of action that saw more than 300 people from across the sector join together in a tremendous show of unity.

Ofsted Big Conversation - Providers feed back on Ofsted meetings

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Friday, September 20, 2013

| Nursery World

The organisers of the weekend share their thoughts

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.

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.

More early years settings downgraded by Ofsted

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Thursday, September 19, 2013

| Nursery World

The latest Ofsted statistics show that more nurseries and childminders were judged as satisfactory and inadequate in recent inspections compared to the same period last year.

The early years sector tells Ofsted: 'This is what we want'

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Monday, September 16, 2013

| Nursery World

Consistency, transparency, fairness - the same words kept cropping up during the Ofsted Big Conversation meetings held this weekend.

Children's centre clusters failing under new inspection framework

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Friday, September 6, 2013

| Nursery World

Seventy per cent of children centres managed as clusters, or as 'hub and spoke' models, were rated as 'requires improvement' under the new inspection framework.

Ofsted Big Conversation weekend - latest meetings

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

| Nursery World

Two more venues have been added for the early years sector's Ofsted Big Conversation weekend.

Nursery rape case review criticises poor management

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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

| Nursery World

Failings in a nursery's management and by Ofsted and a local authority meant that concerns about a nursery assistant who raped a toddler were missed.

Nurseries unite to tackle consistency of Ofsted inspections

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Friday, August 23, 2013

| Nursery World

The early years sector has united amid growing concerns about the number of childcare settings being downgraded by Ofsted.

Pre-School Learning Alliance requests Ofsted data on inspection outcomes

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| Nursery World

The Pre-School Learning Alliance (PLA) has filed a Freedom of Information (FOI) request with Ofsted asking for data on the number of early years settings downgraded in recent inspections.

Sector organises meetings for 'Ofsted Big Conversation'

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Monday, August 19, 2013

| Nursery World

The early years sector is to come together on the weekend of the 13 and 14 September to discuss how to effectively engage with Ofsted following mounting concern over inspections.

NDNA takes the sector's inspection concerns to Ofsted

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Friday, August 9, 2013

| Nursery World

As the early years sector's anger about Ofsted inspections threatens to dominate the summer, the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has met with Ofsted to discuss deep concerns.

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'.

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Three in ten settings downgraded following complaints-driven inspections

New Ofsted framework: Judgements to take into account history of provider

FOI request shows very few Ofsted complaints upheld

Ofsted 'willing' to meet with nurseries and childminders

Ireland a step closer to regulating childcare services

Ofsted launches new single inspection framework for children's services

Ofsted Big Conversation - More than 300 people unite for Ofsted action

Ofsted Big Conversation - Providers feed back on Ofsted meetings

Ofsted Big Conversation: Sector makes list of actions for Ofsted

Ofsted rebuffs FOI request for inspection data

More early years settings downgraded by Ofsted

The early years sector tells Ofsted: 'This is what we want'

Children's centre clusters failing under new inspection framework

Ofsted Big Conversation weekend - latest meetings

Nursery rape case review criticises poor management

Nurseries unite to tackle consistency of Ofsted inspections

Pre-School Learning Alliance requests Ofsted data on inspection outcomes

Sector organises meetings for 'Ofsted Big Conversation'

NDNA takes the sector's inspection concerns to Ofsted

Children's centre cluster rated 'inadequate'

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