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Ofsted set for radical overhaul to unite education inspections

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.

First glimpse of new inspections framework shows improvements for childminders

News

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

| Nursery World

Childminders have performed better than nurseries in initial results from the first two months of the new inspections framework.

Action plan sets out ways to tackle low take-up of school meals

News

Friday, July 12, 2013

| Nursery World

A plan of action commissioned by the Government last year to improve the quality and take-up of school meals has been published today.

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

News

Friday, November 28, 2014

| Nursery World

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

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

News

Monday, July 13, 2015

| Nursery World

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.

Editor's view - The Ofsted Big Conversation rolls on

Opinion

Monday, January 27, 2014

| Nursery World

The early years sector's outrage over complaint-driven inspections was certainly one of the dominant themes of last year.

Ofsted Big Conversation - Providers feed back on Ofsted meetings

News

Friday, September 20, 2013

| Nursery World

The organisers of the weekend share their thoughts

Wider Government reforms scrutinised after ratio U-turn

News

Friday, June 14, 2013

| Nursery World

The early years and childcare sector may have won the battle against plans to change childcare ratios, but the focus will now shift to the other childcare reforms set out in More Great Childcare.

Expose sparks reform of childcare in Ireland

News

Friday, June 14, 2013

| Nursery World

Ireland's childcare system is to undergo major reform following a television programme that revealed below-standard care and mistreatment of children at some of the country's nurseries.

Ofsted's director of early childhood Sue Gregory to retire

News

Monday, November 11, 2013

| Nursery World

Ms Gregory is to retire at the end of December after 13 years working at Ofsted.

Concern over agency models as pilots start off

News

Friday, October 18, 2013

| Nursery World

A few weeks into the childminder agency pilots, a number of organisations have begun to consult with the early years sector about their proposed models.

NDNA takes the sector's inspection concerns to Ofsted

News

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.

Ofsted comments outrage NCMA

News

Friday, December 7, 2012

| Nursery World

A row has broken out between Ofsted and the National Childminding Association, after Ofsted used its first annual early years lecture to suggest that childminders were 'not up to the job' of delivering all aspects of the EYFS.

Sector criticises Ofsted move to potential 30-month wait for first inspection

News

Monday, October 6, 2014

| Nursery World

The early years sector has given a mixed reaction to changes to inspections set out by Ofsted early years director Nick Hudson and revealed on Nursery World online.

Ofsted to hold seminars for satisfactory and inadequate settings

News

Monday, June 10, 2013

| Nursery World

Ofsted is to trial an improvement programme with nurseries and pre-schools that are not yet good in three London boroughs over the next few weeks.

NCMA takes Ofsted to task over claims childminders 'not up to the job'

News

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

| Nursery World

The National Childminding Association has written to Ofsted hitting back at suggestions that childminders should primarily deliver 'care' not education in the EYFS.

Government review reveals red tape faced by sector

News

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

| Nursery World

A Government review of the childcare sector highlights the bureaucracy providers face in meeting regulatory requirements.

Nursery Management: References - An impossible requirement?

Features

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Ofsted wants nurseries to seek staff references – but an employer was recently sued for providing a negative one. Beena Nadeem investigates how settings can weigh up the options

Nurseries unite to tackle consistency of Ofsted inspections

News

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.

Merged children's centres marked down by Ofsted

News

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

| Nursery World

Merged children's centres fare significantly worse in their Ofsted inspections than individual centres, the latest statistics show.

Ofsted trials new complaints process following feedback

News

Monday, May 19, 2014

| Nursery World

During May, Ofsted is piloting a new way of dealing with complaints about early years settings, Nursery World can exclusively reveal.

Ofsted Big Conversation to carry on

News

Monday, November 4, 2013

| Nursery World

The Ofsted Big Conversation is planning to take its next step forward by setting up a structure for regular meetings with Ofsted’s regional directors.

Sector organises meetings for 'Ofsted Big Conversation'

News

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.

Ofsted: 'Strong leadership' in early years key to being ready for school

News

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

| Nursery World

Poor leadership in some early years settings means that some children, particularly those in deprived areas, are not starting school ready to 'make the most' of it, an Ofsted report says today.

Ofsted scores and role need reform

News

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.

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Ofsted set for radical overhaul to unite education inspections

First glimpse of new inspections framework shows improvements for childminders

Action plan sets out ways to tackle low take-up of school meals

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

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

Editor's view - The Ofsted Big Conversation rolls on

Ofsted Big Conversation - Providers feed back on Ofsted meetings

Wider Government reforms scrutinised after ratio U-turn

Expose sparks reform of childcare in Ireland

Ofsted's director of early childhood Sue Gregory to retire

Concern over agency models as pilots start off

NDNA takes the sector's inspection concerns to Ofsted

Ofsted comments outrage NCMA

Sector criticises Ofsted move to potential 30-month wait for first inspection

Ofsted to hold seminars for satisfactory and inadequate settings

NCMA takes Ofsted to task over claims childminders 'not up to the job'

Government review reveals red tape faced by sector

Nursery Management: References - An impossible requirement?

Nurseries unite to tackle consistency of Ofsted inspections

Merged children's centres marked down by Ofsted

Ofsted trials new complaints process following feedback

Ofsted Big Conversation to carry on

Sector organises meetings for 'Ofsted Big Conversation'

Ofsted: 'Strong leadership' in early years key to being ready for school

Ofsted scores and role need reform

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