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Nursery Management: Inspection - In the frame

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

| Nursery World

What is new in Ofsted’s recently published Education Inspection Framework, and what are the implications for managers in the PVI sector? Former council early years leader and consultant Pennie Akehurst reports

Concern over change to Ofsted appeal process

News

Monday, April 29, 2019

| Nursery World

Early years settings have raised concerns about changes to the way Ofsted deals with the internal objections process when a decision is made to cancel a provider’s registration.

Ofsted: Best Practice Guide - People management

Features

Monday, May 27, 2019

| Nursery World

What is good practice when it comes to managing staff? The Village Nursery Group, based around Manchester, has some tips. By Hannah Crown

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

News

Monday, July 8, 2019

| Nursery World

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.

INSTED not Ofsted…

Opinion

Sunday, September 1, 2019

| Nursery World

A new campaign for a better nursery and schooling system is needed, argue Richard Brinton and Richard House

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

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

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'.

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.

New common inspection framework emphasises curriculum

News

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

News

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

News

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.

Helping to improve early years provision

Opinion

Friday, September 26, 2014

| Nursery World

Nick Hudson, Ofsted early years director, explains priorities for quality improvement in the coming months

Inspection: Part 11 – Before the Visit - Be prepared

Features

Monday, July 24, 2017

| Nursery World

Settings should carry out a number of tasks before an inspection, explains former inspector Debbie Alcock, as well as be aware of what to do after it

Childminders' professionalism at risk with introduction of agencies

News

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.

Unpicking Ofsted Reports, part 5: meeting children’s needs - The best we can be

Features

Monday, June 25, 2018

| Nursery World

When it comes to meeting the needs of children, Pennie Akehurst’s analysis of Ofsted inspection reports finds that meeting the needs of staff is the first step

Dropping Ofsted grades would improve provision

Opinion

Monday, May 14, 2018

| Nursery World

There are rumours of a potentially major change to the way Ofsted rates England’s childcare providers and I, for one, couldn’t be happier about it.

Focus on Enforcement review: make your views heard about regulation

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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.

Learning & Development: Inspections - Beyond Ofsted

Features

Monday, November 28, 2016

| Nursery World

A positive inspection is vital, but so too are other measures of effective provision. By Dr Julian Grenier

Ofsted chief appointment confirmed

News

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

News

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.

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