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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.

Ofsted to change the way early years providers report coronavirus cases and serious incidents

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Monday, January 4, 2021

| Nursery World

Childcare providers reporting serious childcare incidents to Ofsted, including confirmed cases of Covid-19, must fill in a new online form from the end of January.

Ofsted figures show ongoing fall in childcare provider numbers

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Wednesday, June 30, 2021

| Nursery World

The number of providers has continued to fall, the latest data shows, with 4 per cent fewer early years settings registered with Ofsted than at the end of last August.

Busy Bees nursery rated inadequate due to safeguarding concerns

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Monday, July 5, 2021

| Nursery World

A setting operated by the country's largest nursery chain, Busy Bees Childcare, has been downgraded to inadequate due to its inability to keep children safe.

Nursery Management: Inspection - In the frame

Features

Monday, March 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Pennie Akehurst, managing director of Early Years Fundamentals, discusses the changes she has seen in inspections since the advent of the new Education Inspection Framework

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.

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.

Inspection: Safeguarding

Features

Monday, September 19, 2016

| Nursery World

In the first of a new series on Ofsted inspections, ex-inspector and consultant Debbie Alcock gives a rundown on recent changes to safeguarding rules

Ofsted statistics show continuing drop in childminder numbers

News

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

| Nursery World

There were 500 fewer childminders registered with Ofsted in the last quarter, continuing the trend of steep decline.

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.

Raw jelly choking risk ‘not sufficiently highlighted’

News

Monday, April 4, 2016

| Nursery World

Questions are being raised over whether the risks of raw jelly to young children have been sufficiently highlighted, following the fine imposed on Dicky Birds nursery after the death of Tiya Chauhan.

Bertram Nursery Group investigated over baby injury

News

Thursday, June 2, 2016

| Nursery World

A major nursery group has hit back at suggestions a baby was ‘strangled’ by a blind cord at one of its settings.

Ofsted to bring early years inspections in-house

News

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

| Nursery World

Early years organisations have unanimously welcomed Ofsted’s decision to bring early years inspections in-house from next year.

'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

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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'.

A new job description for Ofsted inspectors?

Opinion

Thursday, June 11, 2020

| Nursery World

With Ofsted inspections on hold, Dr Helen Edwards looks at how inspectors could support settings as critical friends

Ofsted dismisses calls to temporarily suspend early years inspections due to Covid

News

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

| Nursery World

As Nursery World reported yesterday, the NDNA wrote to Ofsted calling for routine early years inspections to be put on hold because of ‘unsustainable’ levels of staff absences, however the inspectorate has now confirmed inspections will continue as normal.

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.

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.

FSA considers voluntary warning label on jelly

News

Monday, April 18, 2016

| Nursery World

A choking hazard warning could appear on jelly packaging after the Food Standards Agency (FSA) said it would revisit the issue with the industry, following scrutiny of a coroner’s report into the death of Tiya Chauhan at a nursery.

Nursery gains landmark high court ruling against Ofsted

News

Monday, October 31, 2016

| Nursery World

A ‘rogue’ Ofsted report which downgraded an Outstanding nursery to ‘inadequate’ has been ruled unlawful and ordered to be deleted by a high court judge.

Inspection: Disqualifications - Not on the list

Features

Monday, November 14, 2016

| Nursery World

Continuing her inspection series, ex-Ofsted inspector Debbie Alcock begins a three-part look at disqualifiable offences, some not covered by DBS checks

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

Search Results

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

Ofsted to change the way early years providers report coronavirus cases and serious incidents

Ofsted figures show ongoing fall in childcare provider numbers

Busy Bees nursery rated inadequate due to safeguarding concerns

Nursery Management: Inspection - In the frame

Ofsted Big Conversation weekend - latest meetings

Nursery Food: Common Inspection Framework - Health check

Exclusive: Minibeasts and the Big Bad Wolf

Common inspection framework: part 1 - Common ground?

Inspection: Safeguarding

Ofsted statistics show continuing drop in childminder numbers

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

Raw jelly choking risk ‘not sufficiently highlighted’

Bertram Nursery Group investigated over baby injury

Ofsted to bring early years inspections in-house

'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

A new job description for Ofsted inspectors?

Ofsted dismisses calls to temporarily suspend early years inspections due to Covid

Common Inspection Framework: Part 4 - Bite-sized guide

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

FSA considers voluntary warning label on jelly

Nursery gains landmark high court ruling against Ofsted

Inspection: Disqualifications - Not on the list

Working Mum - Making the grade

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