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Coronavirus: More details of return to early years inspections set out

Monday, March 8, 2021

Gill Jones, Ofsted deputy director for schools and early years, has set out Ofsted’s plans for ‘a phased and safe return’ to early years inspection.

Ofsted: Early years assurance inspections cancelled, ahead of return to full inspection

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Thursday, February 25, 2021

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

Ofsted delays return to early years assurance visits and on-site school inspections

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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Ofsted has paused assurance visits to early years settings, and will carry out school inspections remotely, until after February half term.

Ofsted to change the way early years providers report coronavirus cases and serious incidents

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Monday, January 4, 2021

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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Thursday, November 12, 2020

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.

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

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Friday, July 31, 2020

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

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.

Ofsted annual report highlights changing childcare market

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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

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.

‘Journey to Outstanding may be harder’

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Monday, November 25, 2019

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

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Wednesday, November 13, 2019

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

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Monday, October 28, 2019

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

Early years practitioners doing more paperwork than necessary

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Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Findings from a new survey reveal that 84 per cent of early years staff think they produce more paperwork than they need to in the EYFS.

Exclusive: 'Avoid a Tesco curriculum', says leading academic

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Thursday, July 11, 2019

Settings should avoid ‘a Tesco-delivery’ model of early years curriculum under the new Ofsted inspection framework, Professor Elizabeth Wood has warned.

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

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Monday, July 8, 2019

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.

Ofsted finalises new inspection handbooks

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Monday, May 27, 2019

Ofsted has made some changes to the Early years inspection handbook and the School inspection handbook, which come into use from September with the new Education Inspection Framework.

Ofsted inspection framework: sector response

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Wednesday, May 15, 2019

The early years sector has cautiously welcomed Ofsted’s new inspection framework, with its focus on education and aims to cut down on paperwork and data, but teaching unions have been more critical.

Ofsted confirms no changes will be made to inspection grades

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Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Ofsted says it will retain its four-point grading system of early years settings and schools despite criticisms from the sector.

Ofsted inspection framework creates ‘two-tier system’

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Monday, April 15, 2019

Early years organisations have been responding to the Ofsted consultation on the Education Inspection Framework and handbooks that has just closed.

Education inspection framework 2019: key changes for early years

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Monday, January 21, 2019

Nursery World looks in detail at how Ofsted plans to change early years inspection.

Ofsted’s new framework receives mixed response

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Thursday, January 17, 2019

Early years organisations and teaching unions have given a lukewarm response to Ofsted’s plans to overhaul inspection.

Ofsted launches consultation on how it inspects from early years to further education

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Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Ofsted has launched a consultation on plans to change the way it inspects early years settings, schools and further education and skills providers.

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Coronavirus: More details of return to early years inspections set out

Ofsted: Early years assurance inspections cancelled, ahead of return to full inspection

Ofsted delays return to early years assurance visits and on-site school inspections

Ofsted to change the way early years providers report coronavirus cases and serious incidents

Ofsted: More details on early years assurance inspections set out

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

Ofsted plans 'phased return' to inspections in summer 2021

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

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

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

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

Ofsted annual report highlights changing childcare market

‘Journey to Outstanding may be harder’

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

New inspections welcomed by nurseries

Early years practitioners doing more paperwork than necessary

Exclusive: 'Avoid a Tesco curriculum', says leading academic

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

Ofsted finalises new inspection handbooks

Ofsted inspection framework: sector response

Ofsted confirms no changes will be made to inspection grades

Ofsted inspection framework creates ‘two-tier system’

Education inspection framework 2019: key changes for early years

Ofsted’s new framework receives mixed response

Ofsted launches consultation on how it inspects from early years to further education

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