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Nurseries say interim Ofsted visits during Covid are unfair

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

| Nursery World

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 assurance inspections cancelled, ahead of return to full inspection

News

Thursday, February 25, 2021

| Nursery World

Ofsted has cancelled plans to restart early years assurance inspections next month.

Majority of parents believe their child’s school has handled Covid-19 well

News

Thursday, May 20, 2021

| Nursery World

Nearly nine out of 10 parents think their child’s school has handled the pandemic well, according to results from Ofsted’s annual Parents Survey for 2021.

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 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.

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Thursday, October 15, 2020

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

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Thursday, November 12, 2020

| Nursery World

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.

Nursery rape case review criticises poor management

News

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

| Nursery World

Failings in a nursery's management and by Ofsted and a local authority meant that concerns about a nursery assistant who raped a toddler were missed.

Nurseries say DfE ratio figures don't add up

News

Friday, May 31, 2013

| Nursery World

The early years sector has slammed the Department for Education's (DfE) financial analysis of the ratio proposals as a 'fantasy'.

Ofsted promises to make improvements to inspection process

News

Friday, April 21, 2023

| Nursery World

Ofsted has confirmed it is making changes to its complaints process and safeguarding in light of intensified debate around reform of inspections following the tragic death of headteacher Ruth Perry.

Nursery World's Ofsted survey findings 'extremely concerning', says sector

News

Thursday, April 27, 2023

| Nursery World

The sector has called NW’s Ofsted survey findings, which showed hundreds of providers experience stress and anxiety ahead of inspection, ‘extremely concerning’, calling on the inspectorate to take the results ‘on board’.

Ofsted pledges to always act with 'professionalism, empathy and respect' following the death of Ruth Perry

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Friday, January 19, 2024

| Nursery World

Ofsted has commited to taking a more compassionate approach to inspections within its response to the Coroner's report following the inquest into the death of headteacher Ruth Perry.

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

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

The early years sector tells Ofsted: 'This is what we want'

News

Monday, September 16, 2013

| Nursery World

Consistency, transparency, fairness - the same words kept cropping up during the Ofsted Big Conversation meetings held this weekend.

More early years settings downgraded by Ofsted

News

Thursday, September 19, 2013

| Nursery World

The latest Ofsted statistics show that more nurseries and childminders were judged as satisfactory and inadequate in recent inspections compared to the same period last year.

Ofsted renews early years inspection contracts with Tribal and Prospects

News

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

| Nursery World

Ofsted has confirmed that early years inspections will continue to be outsourced to third-party inspection providers.

Making online count

Features

Monday, April 20, 2015

| Nursery World

You may not think social media matters much when it comes to inspections, but excelling online can help you to meet the Early Years Foundation Stage goals, as expert Kate Tyler explains

Consultation on the publication of statistics on early years providers and places and inspection outcomes

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Thursday, September 25, 2014

| Nursery World

Ofsted is proposing to revise the publication of statistics relating to early years inspections and the number of registered childcare providers and places.

Editor's view - 30 months that count

Opinion

Monday, October 6, 2014

| Nursery World

30 months is too long to wait for post-registration inspection, says Liz Roberts

Looking ahead to the new framework

Opinion

Friday, March 27, 2015

| Nursery World

Ofsted director of early years Nick Hudson explains the implications of the common inspection framework, which launches in September

Nursery Chains: League Tables - Top ranking

Features

Monday, November 16, 2015

| Nursery World

As well as the usual big-hitters, this year's table of the 25 largest nursery chains in the UK features an influx of fresh faces, with many entries growing rapidly in the past year.Ofsted grades are on the rise too

Ofsted statistics show further decline in childminders

News

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

| Nursery World

The number of childminders has continued to fall, with 730 fewer operating in the last quarter and a total drop of 23 per cent since 2012.

Ofsted childcare fees set to rise

News

Friday, January 8, 2016

| Nursery World

Childcare minister Sam Gyimah has written to sector organisations to notify them of Government plans to consult on a rise to the annual Ofsted fees for childcare providers.

Childminders kept in limbo by major delays in DBS checks

News

Monday, May 2, 2016

| Nursery World

A former Home Office minister has slammed as ‘scandalous’ news that childminders are struggling to launch their businesses because of long delays with criminal records checks.

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