The comment comes as a new report by the inspectorate finds that fewer children are leaving early years settings ready to start reception following the health crisis.
In its report Education recovery in early years providers: summer 2022, Ofsted states that pandemic restrictions including the closure of schools and childcare settings to all but vulnerable children and children of key workers “has meant that some children have missed time at their early years providers”.
School closures also meant that transition visits to secondary schools were cancelled for some cohorts of children, further delaying their school readiness, it adds.
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