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Are schools really best for twos?

Friday, July 17, 2015

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The publication of this year’s Ofsted early years annual report should have been cause for celebration for the private, voluntary and independent sector, says Neil Leitch

Play is back! Long live play!

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

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While there was a lot to celebrate in Ofsted's annual early years report, Sir Michael Wilshaw's drive for more of the poorest twos in schools is more of a challenge, says Penny Tassoni

Ofsted Early Years Annual Report: Quality up, but too few twos in schools

Monday, July 13, 2015

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Schools need to do more to attract the poorest children to take up two-year-old places and to work with early years providers in their area, Sir Michael Wilshaw has said.

Exclusive: Minibeasts and the Big Bad Wolf

Monday, July 13, 2015

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As Ofsted publishes its second Early Years Annual Report, Nick Hudson looks at how early years settings need to balance teaching and play in a child’s early years

Children's centre groups make progress in latest inspections

Thursday, June 25, 2015

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

New common inspection framework emphasises curriculum

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

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Assessment, curriculum and children’s outcomes are headline themes of the new common inspection framework (CIF) published yesterday.

Ofsted renews early years inspection contracts with Tribal and Prospects

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

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Ofsted has confirmed that early years inspections will continue to be outsourced to third-party inspection providers.

End in sight for no-notice nursery inspections

Friday, March 27, 2015

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In future early years settings will receive a half-day's notice ahead of their routine inspection, Nursery World can exclusively reveal.

Looking ahead to the new framework

Friday, March 27, 2015

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Ofsted director of early years Nick Hudson explains the implications of the common inspection framework, which launches in September

Nurseries and childminders do better in inspections

Thursday, March 26, 2015

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

Education union calls for nanny registration

Monday, March 16, 2015

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

Business development - Quality improvement

Monday, March 9, 2015

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One council has increased the number of 'good' and 'outstanding' settings in its area by 44 per cent in two years. Hannah Crown reports on how they did it.

Ofsted scraps plan to remove childminders from statistics

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

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Ofsted has ditched plans to omit data on childminder numbers and places from official figures.

Guide to Ofsted’s new common inspection framework

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

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

Ofsted set for radical overhaul to unite education inspections

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

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

Children's centres: Why are inspection grades suffering?

Monday, January 12, 2015

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The latest Ofsted results for children's centres suggest that performance is poor in comparison to other types of childcare provision. Gabriella Jozwiak investigates the facts behind the figures.

Editor's view - Heading for a fall

Monday, January 12, 2015

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Why are children's centre inspection grades dropping and what effect could that have?

Editor's view - Paying for it

Monday, December 1, 2014

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The facility to be able to pay for re-inspection of early years settings was lobbied for by substantial parts of the sector, and Ofsted duly agreed to move forward on this.

Sector voices concerns over paid-for inspections

Monday, December 1, 2014

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

Four-fifths of early years providers rated good or above by Ofsted

Friday, November 28, 2014

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The early years sector has been praised for the level of good and outstanding Ofsted grades achieved, but latest inspections are running at a lower level

Early years Ofsted reports to be 'shorter and punchier'

Friday, November 21, 2014

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Inspection reports are going to be ‘punchier’ from January, Ofsted’s early years chief has said.

New tool to track early years inspections

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

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A new online tracking tool called Watchsted provides a snapshot of the latest early years inspections across the country.

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

Friday, October 17, 2014

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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.

Inspections must be tailored for the early years

Friday, October 10, 2014

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Leading early years organisations have given a positive response to plans for a single inspection framework, but urged Ofsted to ensure that inspections are designed for the early education sector.

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

Thursday, October 9, 2014

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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.

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