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Inspections clinic: Early years inspection updates

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Early years providers have seen significant regulatory and inspection changes this year, including EYFS revisions and updates to the inspection handbook around safeguarding, reports Jo Stephenson.

Inspections Clinic: Early education and childcare

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Tuesday, January 31, 2023

| CYP Now

Ofsted's latest annual report sets out the major challenges facing the early years and childcare sector, with the recruitment and retention of quality staff among the chief concerns, reports Jo Stephenson.

Inspections Clinic: Early education – key questions

Features

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

| CYP Now

Ofsted has published the first in a series of research reports on early years education. Lee Owston, deputy director for cross remit education, discusses the findings and what they mean in practice.

Early years inspections during Covid

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Tuesday, January 5, 2021

| CYP Now

Ofsted analysis highlights the ways childcare providers have adapted how they support children’s language and communication development during the Covid-19 pandemic, reports Jo Stephenson.

Fresh decline in childminder numbers

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Thursday, March 24, 2016

| CYP Now

The government is being urged to take action to halt a decline in childminding, after latest figures showed their numbers have slumped by 10,000 over the past four years.

Ofsted to take back responsibility for early years inspections

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Inspections of early years settings will be conducted directly by Ofsted from next year, it has been announced.

Nurseries paying higher wages perform better, study finds

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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Early years settings that pay staff more money generally offer better-quality provision, a study has concluded.

Behind the Inspection Rating: Pre-school hones independence

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Clyst Valley Pre-School, Devon - Pre-school inspection - November 2015

MPs to examine importance of early years education

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Thursday, January 14, 2016

| CYP Now

An All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has been launched to look at how early years education can improve outcomes for disadvantaged children.

Behind the Inspection Rating: Success for SEN one-stop-shop

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Stepping Stones, Wiltshire - Early years inspection - October 2015

Council rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted plans children's centre closures

News

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

| CYP Now

A council where children's services were judged "inadequate" earlier this year has announced plans to close four of its 10 children's centres.

Wilshaw committed to bringing early years inspections in-house

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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has told MPs he is "committed" to bringing early years inspections in-house.

Ofsted's early education chief to leave post

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Thursday, August 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's national director for early education is set to leave his post ahead of a raft of reforms to the way services are inspected coming into effect.

Behind the Inspection Rating: Kids Planet helps toddlers explore

Best Practice

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

| CYP Now

Kids Planet Beamont, Warrington; early years inspection; July 2015

Ofsted warns of low uptake of free early years places

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Monday, July 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has called on councils to do more to promote free early years provision after it emerged that more than 40 per cent of eligible two-year-olds have not taken up their place.