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Inspections: Early years provision in schools

Ofsted inspections of school-based early years provision reveals a picture of quality services delivered by highly qualified staff, skilled in helping to prepare children for their transition to primary school.

Education Bill receives Royal Assent

    News
  • Tuesday, November 15, 2011
  • | CYP Now
Legislation that gives teachers the power to search pupils, entitles all disadvantaged two-year-olds to free early education and gives the Education Secretary powers to close down underperforming schools has received Royal Assent.

Sector declares opposition to Ofsted split

    Other
  • Monday, April 18, 2011
  • | CYP Now
Proposals to split Ofsted into two separate inspectorates of education and children's care would make the government's policies on children with special educational needs, early years services and looked-after children unviable, sector leaders have warned.

Never mind the inspectorate, recruit the right inspectors

    Opinion
  • Monday, April 18, 2011
  • | CYP Now
On the face of it, the education select committee's call to split Ofsted into two separate inspectorates for education and children's care would represent a further step away from services centred on the needs of the whole child. It is a trend played out in several areas through the disappearance of children's trust arrangements and local authority children's services departments.

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