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

Friday, March 13, 2020

| Nursery World

Ofsted is being urged to temporarily suspend routine early years inspections in light of the ongoing coronavirus spread.

New framework for childminder agency inspection released

News

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

| Nursery World

Childminding agencies will either be judged as ‘effective’ or ‘non-effective’ by Ofsted during their inspections, new guidance reveals.

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.

First glimpse of new inspections framework shows improvements for childminders

News

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

| Nursery World

Childminders have performed better than nurseries in initial results from the first two months of the new inspections framework.

Out-of-school clubs judged against old criteria

News

Monday, August 24, 2015

| Nursery World

Out-of-school clubs are being downgraded by Ofsted for failing to meet inspection requirements that are no longer applicable.

Children's centre groups make progress in latest inspections

News

Thursday, June 25, 2015

| Nursery World

More children's centre groups are being judged good or outstanding according to new Ofsted statistics, but nearly half are still below this level.

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 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.

End in sight for no-notice nursery inspections

News

Friday, March 27, 2015

| Nursery World

In future early years settings will receive a half-day's notice ahead of their routine inspection, Nursery World can exclusively reveal.

Guide to Ofsted’s new common inspection framework

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

| Nursery World

The new common inspection framework applies to all education inspections and will come into force from September 2015.

Ofsted set for radical overhaul to unite education inspections

News

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| Nursery World

Early years settings, schools and colleges will be inspected under a new common inspection framework from September, with shorter and more frequent inspections.

Four-fifths of early years providers rated good or above by Ofsted

News

Friday, November 28, 2014

| Nursery World

The early years sector has been praised for the level of good and outstanding Ofsted grades achieved, but latest inspections are running at a lower level

New tool to track early years inspections

News

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

| Nursery World

A new online tracking tool called Watchsted provides a snapshot of the latest early years inspections across the country.

Inspections must be tailored for the early years

News

Friday, October 10, 2014

| Nursery World

Leading early years organisations have given a positive response to plans for a single inspection framework, but urged Ofsted to ensure that inspections are designed for the early education sector.

Sector criticises Ofsted move to potential 30-month wait for first inspection

News

Monday, October 6, 2014

| Nursery World

The early years sector has given a mixed reaction to changes to inspections set out by Ofsted early years director Nick Hudson and revealed on Nursery World online.

Ofsted figures show notable rise in good and outstanding grades

News

Thursday, September 25, 2014

| Nursery World

The number of nurseries and childminders awarded good or outstanding grades has risen markedly over the last quarter, the latest Ofsted figures show.

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.

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 pilot leads to dramatic drop in complaint-driven inspections

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

| Nursery World

Ofsted’s one-month pilot to cut the number of complaint-driven inspections resulted in 13 fewer inspections every day last month.

Ofsted takes school and FE inspections in house, but not early years

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Thursday, May 29, 2014

| Nursery World

Ofsted is to bring school inspections and further education inspections in-house.

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

New framework for childminder agency inspection released

Ofsted childcare fees set to rise

First glimpse of new inspections framework shows improvements for childminders

Out-of-school clubs judged against old criteria

Children's centre groups make progress in latest inspections

New common inspection framework emphasises curriculum

Ofsted renews early years inspection contracts with Tribal and Prospects

End in sight for no-notice nursery inspections

Guide to Ofsted’s new common inspection framework

Ofsted set for radical overhaul to unite education inspections

Four-fifths of early years providers rated good or above by Ofsted

New tool to track early years inspections

Inspections must be tailored for the early years

Sector criticises Ofsted move to potential 30-month wait for first inspection

Ofsted figures show notable rise in good and outstanding grades

Ofsted unveils childminder agency handbook

Ofsted drops brought-forward complaints inspections

Ofsted pilot leads to dramatic drop in complaint-driven inspections

Ofsted takes school and FE inspections in house, but not early years

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