Truss told the education select committee today that the inspectorate will judge local authorities on the effectiveness and reach of children’s centres, providing an overall rating for each council.
She said inspectors will judge councils under an entirely new framework, taking into account the quality of “early help” services and outcomes.
However, Truss said Ofsted will continue to individually inspect the few children’s centres that provide early education, judging centres under the existing early years inspection framework.
She said: “Ofsted are going to be moving towards a local authority inspection-based regime.
“They’re not just looking at what goes on in each centre, they’re looking at the reach of the centre and what is going on across the whole of the authority.
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