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Coronavirus: Call for early years inspections to be put on hold

Friday, March 13, 2020

| Nursery World

Ofsted is being urged to temporarily suspend routine early years inspections in light of the ongoing coronavirus spread.

Parents could be charged to use childminder agencies

News

Thursday, July 4, 2013

| Nursery World

The education and childcare minister Elizabeth Truss has suggested that parents who use childminder agencies will have to pay a fee.

Ofsted Big Conversation weekend - latest meetings

News

Thursday, August 29, 2013

| Nursery World

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

New consultation with parents and sector over ratios

News

Monday, November 4, 2013

| Nursery World

The Department for Education (DfE) is consulting with the early years sector and parents on staff:child ratios, in a renewed drive to encourage providers to move to a 1:13 ratio for three- and four-year-olds.

Strong backing for separate early years grade in schools

News

Thursday, July 10, 2014

| Nursery World

Ofsted’s decision to introduce separate EYFS judgements in school inspections has received overwhelming support.

Exclusive: Ofsted responds to the Big Conversation

Opinion

Friday, October 4, 2013

| Nursery World

Sue Gregory, Ofsted Early Years Director, explains the rationale of the new framework and gives a point-by-point response to the sector's Big Conversation demands

Children's centre inspections suspended, while Ofsted grades rise slightly

News

Thursday, November 19, 2015

| Nursery World

Children’s centre inspections have been put on hold pending the Department for Education’s consultation into children’s centres, due to take place before the end of the year.

Nursery Food: Common Inspection Framework - Health check

Features

Monday, October 19, 2015

| Nursery World

What does the new Ofsted framework mean for settings' approach to food. Annette Rawstrone reports

Exclusive: Minibeasts and the Big Bad Wolf

Opinion

Monday, July 13, 2015

| Nursery World

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

Common inspection framework: part 1 - Common ground?

Features

Monday, July 27, 2015

| Nursery World

Ofsted's new inspection framework comes in this September. In the first of a four-part series, the Pre-School Learning Alliance's Michael Freeston offers an overview of what providers can expect.

Nick Hudson steps down as Ofsted drops early years division

News

Thursday, August 27, 2015

| Nursery World

Nick Hudson, Ofsted’s director for Early Education, is leaving the role, which has been absorbed into the education remit.

Ofsted: the new inspection framework, Part 2 - An opportunity for managers to shine

Features

Friday, October 12, 2012

| Nursery World

Joining Ofsted inspectors in observing their own settings gives managers a chance to show their leadership skills.

'More Great Childcare': Expansion for Ofsted as councils lose early years quality work

News

Monday, January 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Local authorities are set to lose their early years quality improvement role, as Ofsted becomes 'the sole arbiter of quality in the early years', in the Government's 'More Great Childcare' shake-up.

Ofsted will make it more difficult for failing nurseries to re-register

News

Friday, May 17, 2013

| Nursery World

The recent closure by Ofsted of a Birmingham nursery, which re-registered after a serious incident took place at the setting two years previously, highlights once again the loophole that allows settings to 'wipe the slate clean'.

Ofsted figures show drop in childminders

News

Thursday, May 16, 2013

| Nursery World

There are more than 1,000 fewer childminders registered with Ofsted than there were six months ago, and the number of places has also fallen slightly, according to the latest figures released by the inspectorate.

Common Inspection Framework: Part 4 - Bite-sized guide

Features

Monday, October 19, 2015

| Nursery World

How are key areas such as safeguarding going to be inspected under the new framework? In the final part of this series, the Pre-School Learning Alliance's Michael Freeston breaks it down.

Ofsted launches new single inspection framework for children's services

News

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

| Nursery World

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

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

News

Friday, October 4, 2013

| Nursery World

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.

Working Mum - Making the grade

Features

Sunday, November 1, 2015

| Nursery World

Inspection days are stressful for practitioners, but they can be a worry for parents too - since they have a part to play, and poor results can themselves affect quality, says Working Mum

Ofsted makes registration process more straightforward for childcarers

News

Thursday, February 20, 2020

| Nursery World

Ofsted has updated its online registration system to make the process easier for early years providers and help stop delays which had been affecting prospective childminders.

New common inspection framework emphasises curriculum

News

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

| Nursery World

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

Ofsted drops brought-forward complaints inspections

News

Thursday, August 21, 2014

| Nursery World

Ofsted has confirmed that it will no longer bring forward full inspections when a complaint is made against a provider.

Ofsted unveils childminder agency handbook

News

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

| Nursery World

Ofsted has published its new Childminder agency handbook, along with the application forms that people will need if they wish to apply to become an agency.

Helping to improve early years provision

Opinion

Friday, September 26, 2014

| Nursery World

Nick Hudson, Ofsted early years director, explains priorities for quality improvement in the coming months

Childminders' professionalism at risk with introduction of agencies

News

Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

The early years sector has urged caution over plans to introduce childminding agencies, as set out in the Children and Families Bill.

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Coronavirus: Call for early years inspections to be put on hold

Parents could be charged to use childminder agencies

Ofsted Big Conversation weekend - latest meetings

New consultation with parents and sector over ratios

Strong backing for separate early years grade in schools

Exclusive: Ofsted responds to the Big Conversation

Children's centre inspections suspended, while Ofsted grades rise slightly

Nursery Food: Common Inspection Framework - Health check

Exclusive: Minibeasts and the Big Bad Wolf

Common inspection framework: part 1 - Common ground?

Nick Hudson steps down as Ofsted drops early years division

Ofsted: the new inspection framework, Part 2 - An opportunity for managers to shine

'More Great Childcare': Expansion for Ofsted as councils lose early years quality work

Ofsted will make it more difficult for failing nurseries to re-register

Ofsted figures show drop in childminders

Common Inspection Framework: Part 4 - Bite-sized guide

Ofsted launches new single inspection framework for children's services

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

Working Mum - Making the grade

Ofsted makes registration process more straightforward for childcarers

New common inspection framework emphasises curriculum

Ofsted drops brought-forward complaints inspections

Ofsted unveils childminder agency handbook

Helping to improve early years provision

Childminders' professionalism at risk with introduction of agencies

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