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Parental anxiety leads to rise in parents choosing to home school children - Ofsted

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

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Schools are working hard to make sure children catch up with learning lost during lockdown, but are struggling to deal with anxiety from parents that has led to a rise in home-schooling, Ofsted said.

Exclusive: 'Avoid a Tesco curriculum', says leading academic

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Thursday, July 11, 2019

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Settings should avoid ‘a Tesco-delivery’ model of early years curriculum under the new Ofsted inspection framework, Professor Elizabeth Wood has warned.

Exclusive: I don't understand anxiety over new handbooks, says Ofsted chief

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Monday, July 8, 2019

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The Ofsted chief inspector has said anxiety about the creation of a two-tier system for early years inspections has been ‘whipped up’ by a handful of early years representatives.

EYFS 'not recognised' in new Ofsted school documents

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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

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Changes to the EYFS and new Ofsted framework are based on 'ideological and ill-informed' reasoning, early years experts warned at a conference last week.

Get ready for the new Ofsted inspection framework at our conference

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Thursday, March 14, 2019

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Nursery World's one-day event on 9 July has a line-up of leading experts to take you through what Ofsted expects under the forthcoming Education Inspection Framework.

Ofsted calls for early years experts

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Thursday, August 30, 2018

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Ofsted is calling for academics, researchers and practitioners to apply to take part in a new early years forum to debate early years teaching and practice.

Ofsted says settings are 'not physical enough'

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Monday, March 5, 2018

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Ofsted is planning a new focus on physical development in early years settings, with deputy director of early education Gill Jones claiming that nurseries and pre-schools are not adequately physically challenging.

Bold Beginnings: getting the message over

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Monday, February 5, 2018

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By Gill Jones’ own admission, Ofsted’s ‘Bold Beginnings’ report on Reception class teaching, which she co-authored, has ‘caused quite a stir’.

Ofsted's Gill Jones begins drive to clarify Bold Beginnings report

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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

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Ofsted’s early years head has sought to reassure Reception class teachers and EYFS leaders in the wake of controversy surrounding Ofsted’s report on Reception practice.

Ofsted chief 'taken aback' by criticism of Reception report

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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

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Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman has hit back at critics of the inspectorate’s ‘Bold Beginnings’ report.

Ofsted’s Reception report ‘narrow and political’

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Monday, December 11, 2017

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The publication of Ofsted’s Reception year report ‘Bold Beginnings’ has been met with dismay by some teachers and early years experts, particularly those concerned about the push of more formal learning from Key Stage 1 into the EYFS.

Ofsted finds Reception class teaching 'failing' a third of five-year-olds

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Thursday, November 30, 2017

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Ofsted is calling on the Department for Education to review the EYFS to ensure it provides ‘sufficient clarity for the effective teaching of reading, writing and numbers’, in a report highly critical of Reception class teaching.

Academy chain founder Ofsted appointment challenged

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Thursday, July 7, 2016

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The education secretary’s favoured candidate for the Ofsted top job has been rejected by a committee of MPs, throwing the appointment into jeopardy.

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Monday, October 14, 2013

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Ofsted chief under fire from early years experts on assessment

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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

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A group of early years experts has written to Ofsted to challenge Sir Michael Wilshaw on his plans to reform early years assessment.

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

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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

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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.

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Parental anxiety leads to rise in parents choosing to home school children - Ofsted

Exclusive: 'Avoid a Tesco curriculum', says leading academic

Exclusive: I don't understand anxiety over new handbooks, says Ofsted chief

EYFS 'not recognised' in new Ofsted school documents

Get ready for the new Ofsted inspection framework at our conference

Ofsted calls for early years experts

Ofsted says settings are 'not physical enough'

Bold Beginnings: getting the message over

Ofsted's Gill Jones begins drive to clarify Bold Beginnings report

Ofsted chief 'taken aback' by criticism of Reception report

Ofsted’s Reception report ‘narrow and political’

Ofsted finds Reception class teaching 'failing' a third of five-year-olds

Academy chain founder Ofsted appointment challenged

Test news headline

Ofsted chief under fire from early years experts on assessment

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

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