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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: More details on early years assurance inspections set out

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Tuesday, December 8, 2020

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New guidance on the programme of ‘assurance’ inspections for early years providers, starting in January 2021 has been published by Ofsted.

Exclusive: Ofsted to explore why nursery groups fare better in inspections

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Thursday, December 3, 2020

| Nursery World

Ofsted is to explore why settings that are part of larger nursery groups are more likely to be graded 'Outstanding', Nursery World can reveal.

Ofsted plans 'phased return' to inspections in summer 2021

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Thursday, December 3, 2020

| Nursery World

Inspections in nurseries, schools and further education providers will be phased in from the summer term next year, Ofsted announced today.

Ofsted chief flags up concern about risks to vulnerable children in the pandemic

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Tuesday, December 1, 2020

| Nursery World

Ofsted’s chief inspector Amanda Spielman has raised concerns that the pandemic has left vulnerable children ‘out of sight’ and at risk of lasting harm.

Nurseries say interim Ofsted visits during Covid are unfair

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

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Nursery owners have raised concerns about the way Ofsted reports the findings of interim visits on its website while inspections have been suspended during the pandemic.

Ofsted: Early years inspections to move to 'six-year window'

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Thursday, November 12, 2020

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Ofsted has set out plans to change the inspection cycle for early years providers, so that all nurseries, pre-schools and childminders will be inspected within six years of their last inspection.

Ofsted chief highlights ‘Covid pressure cooker’ on vulnerable families

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Friday, November 6, 2020

| Nursery World

Chief inspector Amanda Spielman has issued a stark warning about the risks to vulnerable babies during Covid-19.

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

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Tuesday, October 6, 2020

| Nursery World

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.

Campaigners express frustration over Government’s refusal to register nannies

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Thursday, October 1, 2020

| Nursery World

Campaigners fighting to register and regulate the nanny sector have expressed ‘further frustration’ at the Government’s latest response to their concerns that parents will be driven to use unregulated childcare during the pandemic.

Campaigners issue warning over unregulated childcare and call for Ofsted registration for nannies

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Friday, July 31, 2020

| Nursery World

Using unregulated nannies to solve the childcare crisis could pose serious potential risk to children, a campaigning body has warned.

Coronavirus: Ofsted plans to bring back EYFS learning and development requirements

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Friday, July 31, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years providers will need to meet the learning and development requirements of the EYFS in full after 25 September.

Coronavirus: Ofsted to visit settings, ahead of a return to education inspection in January 2021

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Monday, July 6, 2020

| Nursery World

Ofsted will start to visit early years settings, schools and colleges from the autumn, with a return to full inspection planned for January 2021, although this date will be kept under review.

Childminder numbers continue to fall in Ofsted pre-lockdown latest figures

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Wednesday, June 24, 2020

| Nursery World

The latest Ofsted childcare providers and inspections report, to 31 March 2020, reveals childminder numbers continuing to fall, while nurseries and total childcare places showed little change.

Ofsted consultation on complaints process extended

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Thursday, April 2, 2020

| Nursery World

Ofsted has extended the deadline on its consultation on post-inspection arrangements, such as complaints, by one month.

Ofsted figures show ongoing fall in childminders - but childcare places stable

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Tuesday, March 24, 2020

| Nursery World

The number of childminders has fallen by a fifth since 2015, the latest Ofsted statistics show.

Coronavirus: Ofsted suspends routine inspections and teaching union calls for school closures

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Tuesday, March 17, 2020

| Nursery World

Ofsted has suspended all routine inspections of early years providers, schools and further education colleges.

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

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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 consults on complaints process for early years settings

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Wednesday, March 4, 2020

| Nursery World

A new Ofsted consultation is asking practitioners for their views on how Ofsted handles complaints.

Ofsted makes registration process more straightforward for childcarers

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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.

Ofsted annual report highlights changing childcare market

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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

| Nursery World

The early years sector is experiencing an ongoing fall in the number of childminders, while an increasing number of nurseries are becoming part of large national and international groups, Ofsted’s annual report has said.

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Ofsted: Early years inspections to move to 'six-year window'

Ofsted chief highlights ‘Covid pressure cooker’ on vulnerable families

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