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Ofsted gets tough on teaching, safeguarding and safety

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| Nursery World

Ofsted's new early years inspection framework, which comes into force on 4 November, will focus on safeguarding, safety and teaching.

Ofsted early years consultation: investment is key, sector says

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Friday, April 19, 2013

| Nursery World

There has been a mixed response from the early years sector to Ofsted's proposals to increase the frequency of inspections for weaker settings and replace the grade of 'satisfactory' with 'requires improvement'.

Tulip Siddiq named chair of early years APPG

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Thursday, September 7, 2017

| Nursery World

The former shadow early years minister Tulip Siddiq has been appointed as chair of the new Childcare and Early Education All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG).

Quality care hangs in the balance

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Friday, May 17, 2013

| Nursery World

The staff:child ratio changes ignore the competing demands on staff particularly from children with emotional needs and the new two-year-old intake, says Pat Gordon-Smith.

Ofsted clampdown sees early years grades fall

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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

| Nursery World

The latest statistics for early years inspections show that Ofsted is being tougher on childminders and nurseries with more being judged inadequate and fewer given an outstanding grade.

Children and Families Bill becomes law

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

| Nursery World

The Children and Families Bill, which includes the introduction of childminder agencies, has been passed.

Childminder takes petition against agencies to House of Commons

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

| Nursery World

The Stop, Listen, Consult petition has been signed by nearly 4,000 people and calls for the Department for Education to reconsider plans in More Great Childcare.

Call for reform of Ofsted inspections triggered by complaints

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

| Nursery World

The Pre-School Learning Alliance has renewed calls for reform of Ofsted’s inspection system, after figures from a Freedom of Information request show that more early years settings are downgraded following inspections triggered by complaints, than during routine inspections.

Exclusive - Analysis uncovers true cost of party childcare pledges

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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

| Nursery World

Data experts have costed the three main parties' pledges on extended free childcare.

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.

Early years sector made most complaints about Ofsted

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Friday, June 13, 2014

| Nursery World

Two-thirds of all complaints against Ofsted were made by early years providers last year.

Childcare minister to meet with sector to discuss pilot of childminder agencies

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Monday, January 27, 2014

| Nursery World

Elizabeth Truss is to meet with early years organisations and childminders next month to discuss the Government's pilot of childminder agencies.

64,000 twos to be found a free place before September

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Thursday, July 10, 2014

| Nursery World

The number of two-year-olds taking up free childcare places will have to increase by 55 per cent for the Government to meet its September target, a DfE senior official has said.

Teachers' 'unmanageable workloads' impacting on children

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Friday, November 20, 2015

| Nursery World

Teachers are being ‘ground down’ by 'unmanageable workloads', preventing them from concentrating on tasks that benefit pupils, a survey of teachers says.

Outstanding nursery's 'inadequate' downgrade over mobile snaps

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Monday, February 8, 2016

| Nursery World

A previously outstanding nursery has been downgraded to inadequate after staff photographed children on their mobiles and sent the pictures to parents.

Early years free entitlement 'crisis' in spotlight

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Friday, April 22, 2016

| Nursery World

Sector leaders have criticised the administration of the early years free entitlement during an inquiry considering the DfE’s £2.7 billion investment.

Unions call for halt to academisation

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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

| Nursery World

Teaching unions are warning against the Government’s plans to press ahead with a new Education Bill in the Queen’s Speech.

Education union calls for nanny registration

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Monday, March 16, 2015

| Nursery World

The union Voice wants the next Government to make the compulsory registration of nannies a priority.

NDNA says inspection of schools' twos provision will lack early years focus

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Friday, October 17, 2014

| Nursery World

The National Day Nurseries Association has raised concerns that schools providing two-year-old provision will not be scrutinised against early years quality assurance by Ofsted.

Ofsted to look again at re-inspection of 'requires improvement' childminders

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Friday, November 13, 2015

| Nursery World

Ofsted’s national lead for early years has agreed to follow-up on concerns that ‘requires improvement’ childminders, unlike nurseries, could wait years to be re-inspected.

Government brings forward 30-hour childcare and funding review

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Monday, June 1, 2015

| Nursery World

David Cameron will today unveil plans for a funding review to start ‘before the summer’ in advance of a pilot of 30 hours of free childcare from September 2016.

Sex abuse nursery investigation dropped

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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

| Nursery World

An investigation into alleged sexual abuse at Little Angels Nursery in Wiltshire has been dropped, with no charges brought.

Ofsted set for radical overhaul to unite education inspections

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| Nursery World

Early years settings, schools and colleges will be inspected under a new common inspection framework from September, with shorter and more frequent inspections.

Welsh Government plans to end the disparity in childcare funding

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Friday, January 11, 2019

| Nursery World

Wales is to pilot a programme to align funding for providers delivering the country’s two childcare offers.

Consumer watchdog issues advice to nurseries over lockdown fees

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Tuesday, July 28, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years providers could be breaking the law if they ask for parents to pay full fees when lockdown measures are in place, the regulator has warned.

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Ofsted gets tough on teaching, safeguarding and safety

Ofsted early years consultation: investment is key, sector says

Tulip Siddiq named chair of early years APPG

Quality care hangs in the balance

Ofsted clampdown sees early years grades fall

Children and Families Bill becomes law

Childminder takes petition against agencies to House of Commons

Call for reform of Ofsted inspections triggered by complaints

Exclusive - Analysis uncovers true cost of party childcare pledges

Pre-School Learning Alliance requests Ofsted data on inspection outcomes

Early years sector made most complaints about Ofsted

Childcare minister to meet with sector to discuss pilot of childminder agencies

64,000 twos to be found a free place before September

Teachers' 'unmanageable workloads' impacting on children

Outstanding nursery's 'inadequate' downgrade over mobile snaps

Early years free entitlement 'crisis' in spotlight

Unions call for halt to academisation

Education union calls for nanny registration

NDNA says inspection of schools' twos provision will lack early years focus

Ofsted to look again at re-inspection of 'requires improvement' childminders

Government brings forward 30-hour childcare and funding review

Sex abuse nursery investigation dropped

Ofsted set for radical overhaul to unite education inspections

Welsh Government plans to end the disparity in childcare funding

Consumer watchdog issues advice to nurseries over lockdown fees

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