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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

News

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.

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

Leadership for the EIF: Monitoring Staff - In progress

Features

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

| Nursery World

What does performance management entail and how does it help staff, when preparing for inspection under the Education Inspection Framework? Annette Rawstrone reports

Leadership: Staff Well-Being - Well supported

Features

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

| Nursery World

Staff well-being is more of a focus than ever under the new Education Inspection Framework. Annette Rawstrone reports

Ofsted consultation on complaints process extended

News

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

News

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

News

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

| Nursery World

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

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

A guide to Ofsted registration - Registration revised

Features

Monday, March 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Ofsted launched a revised registration system in February after complaints about its old one. So how does the new process work, asks Meredith Jones Russell

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

News

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

News

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

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.

Leadership - Age of reason

Features

Monday, February 17, 2020

| Nursery World

In the first of a new series on good leadership and management under the Education Inspection Framework, Annette Rawstrone finds staff must understand the ‘why’

Ofsted annual report highlights changing childcare market

News

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.

Ofsted: best practice guide – managing behaviour - Model behaviour

Features

Monday, December 9, 2019

| Nursery World

Managing behaviour is a huge topic, for which a sound knowledge of child development is crucial. Molescroft Farm Nursery shares some tips with Hannah Crown

‘Journey to Outstanding may be harder’

News

Monday, November 25, 2019

| Nursery World

More than 80 per cent of providers are Good or Outstanding under Ofsted’s new inspection framework, but this trend may not continue, an outcomes analyst has said.

More than 80 per cent of providers good or outstanding under EIF

News

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

| Nursery World

Speaking today at the Nursery World Business Summit, Pennie Akehurst, managing director of Early Years Fundamentals, said early analysis of Ofsted inspections under the new framework paints an 'encouraging picture'.

New inspections welcomed by nurseries

News

Monday, October 28, 2019

| Nursery World

Early years settings that have been inspected under the new framework are largely positive about their experience.

Ofsted: best practice guide – managing risk - Risk benefit

Features

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

| Nursery World

Ofsted has said that settings need to be bolder with incorporating risk into activities. Jack and Jill’s nursery has a model that works. By Hannah Crown

Labour pledges to scrap Ofsted

News

Monday, September 23, 2019

| Nursery World

A Labour Government would axe Ofsted and replace it with local authority ‘health checks' for childcare providers and schools.

Nursery Management: Management - CoEL for staff

Features

Sunday, September 15, 2019

| Nursery World

The Characteristics of Effective Learning aren’t just central to children’s development, but are also key to improving staff performance, argues Pennie Akehurst

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