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Early years inspections could be merged with schools and FE and skills

News

Monday, August 4, 2014

| Nursery World

Ofsted is considering merging inspections for early years, schools and further education colleges.

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

News

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.

Editor's view - A conversation should be a two-way process

Opinion

Friday, September 20, 2013

| Nursery World

The Ofsted Big Conversation meetings held across the country on the weekend of 13-14 September were a triumph of organisation, commitment, passion and positivity.

Childminder agencies will be given 'no-notice' inspections

News

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

| Nursery World

Childminder agencies will receive no-notice inspections, Ofsted has confirmed.

Ofsted gets tough on teaching, safeguarding and safety

News

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: The New Inspection Framework, Part 7 - Strong leadership inspires confidence

Features

Friday, March 8, 2013

| Nursery World

In the concluding part of her inspection series, Laura Henry explains how setting managers should adopt a holistic approach to ensure that staff perform to the very best of their ability.

Ofsted early years consultation: investment is key, sector says

News

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'.

Editor's view - inspection angst

Opinion

Friday, May 17, 2013

| Nursery World

An increasing number of nurseries say their inspection 'requires improvement'

Ofsted clampdown sees early years grades fall

News

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.

Pre-School Learning Alliance requests Ofsted data on inspection outcomes

News

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

News

Friday, June 13, 2014

| Nursery World

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

Ofsted: The new inspection framework, part 5 - Treat parents as your fellow professionals

Features

Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

Under the new regime inspectors will be keen to see that parents are welcomed, respected and well informed, as this relationship is key to children's progress, says Laura Henry.

Education union calls for nanny registration

News

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

News

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

News

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.