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Ofsted makes registration process more straightforward for childcarers

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

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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

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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

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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.

Childminders' professionalism at risk with introduction of agencies

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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.

Alliance joins DfE and Ofsted to tackle early years workload

News

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

| Nursery World

The Pre-school Learning Alliance has teamed up with the Department for Education and Ofsted to tackle workload pressures on early years staff.

Focus on Enforcement review: make your views heard about regulation

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

| Nursery World

The Government is urging the early years sector to respond to an online consultation which will inform its review of how regulation for childcare providers is enforced.

Ofsted review aims to help early years children 'catch up' post-pandemic

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Monday, November 14, 2022

| Nursery World

The research, carried out by Ofsted, outlines what 'high-quality' early years curriculum and pedagogy looks like to support practitioners to help children to catch up, particularly with communication and social skills.

Ofsted – net loss of 400 nurseries and tens of thousands of childcare places in one year

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Thursday, June 29, 2023

| Nursery World

Official figures from Ofsted show the number of childcare providers and places has fallen since last year, raising fears over how the expansion of the funded hours will be met.

Distrust of Ofsted continues as majority of teachers want inspectorate replaced

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

| Nursery World

More than 80 per cent of teachers think Ofsted should be replaced with a new system, with just 4 per cent believing the inspectorate acts independently to Government, reveals a new survey.

Ofsted chief appointment confirmed

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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

| Nursery World

Amanda Spielman will be Ofsted’s next chief inspector, the Government has confirmed.

Ofsted annual report highlights high quality of early years education

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Thursday, December 1, 2016

| Nursery World

The gap between the quality of early years provision in poorer areas of the country and the more affluent has narrowed during Sir Michael Wilshaw's time as chief inspector.

Removal of LAs' early years quality role raises alarm

News

Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Local authorities will no longer have a role to improve quality in early years settings, leaving the future of the work of early years authority advisers and their teams unclear.

Ofsted to run consultation on paid-for inspection details

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Monday, September 22, 2014

| Nursery World

Ofsted is to consult in the next few months on the procedures and cost for paid-for early years inspections.

Sector outraged by new ‘insensitive’ Ofsted guidance on reporting employees’ ‘emotional issues’

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Thursday, January 13, 2022

| Nursery World

The early years sector is up in arms about new Ofsted guidance that states providers must report any changes to an employees’ health including depression, ‘stress-related’ or emotional issues.

Ofsted to make early years its focus over next five years

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Tuesday, March 8, 2022

| Nursery World

Ofsted is to publish its five-year strategy in the spring, which will focus on the early years sector, the chief inspector Amanda Spielman has revealed.

Ofsted scraps plan to remove childminders from statistics

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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

| Nursery World

Ofsted has ditched plans to omit data on childminder numbers and places from official figures.

Ofsted says settings are 'not physical enough'

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Monday, March 5, 2018

| Nursery World

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.

Ofsted inspectors issued with new guidance on Intergenerational co-location

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Monday, April 30, 2018

| Nursery World

Ofsted has issued new guidance to inspectors on registering and inspecting sites shared by childcare and eldercare services.

Ofsted calls for early years experts

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Thursday, August 30, 2018

| Nursery World

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.

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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

Childminders' professionalism at risk with introduction of agencies

Alliance joins DfE and Ofsted to tackle early years workload

Focus on Enforcement review: make your views heard about regulation

Ofsted review aims to help early years children 'catch up' post-pandemic

Ofsted – net loss of 400 nurseries and tens of thousands of childcare places in one year

Distrust of Ofsted continues as majority of teachers want inspectorate replaced

Ofsted chief appointment confirmed

Ofsted annual report highlights high quality of early years education

Removal of LAs' early years quality role raises alarm

Ofsted to run consultation on paid-for inspection details

Sector outraged by new ‘insensitive’ Ofsted guidance on reporting employees’ ‘emotional issues’

Ofsted to make early years its focus over next five years

Ofsted scraps plan to remove childminders from statistics

Ofsted says settings are 'not physical enough'

Ofsted inspectors issued with new guidance on Intergenerational co-location

Ofsted calls for early years experts

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