In a letter to early years providers, Wilshaw said the decision earlier this year not to bring early years inspections in-house “created a degree of uncertainty in the sector”.
Instead, Ofsted chose to extend existing contracts with third-party providers Tribal Group, Prospects Services and Serco Education, by a period of 18 months.
But Wilshaw said inspections could still be brought in-house.
“I continue to have discussions about early years inspections and hope to make a decision soon,” he wrote.
Last year, Ofsted decided to bring school and further education inspections in-house from September 2015, which led to accusations that the inspectorate was treating early years providers as “second-class services”.
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