The inspectorate had consulted with providers and parents about the prospect of changing the current "satisfactory" judgment to "requires improvement" and the "inadequate" judgment to "requires significant improvement and/or enforcement".
But in a report today Ofsted said that following feedback, the inspection framework will remain the same, stating: "In light of comments received, we intend to retain the current judgments of ‘satisfactory' and ‘inadequate' for the time being. We intend to consider this issue further at a later stage."
Ofsted will also continue to give no notice before an inspection of an early years setting, which was supported by the majority of parents and providers.
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