An important change to the Ofsted inspection process is that the inspector will invite the manager or significant member of staff - deputy, teacher or EYP - to carry out a joint observation of practice. The manager has the right to say no to this. However, I would strongly advise managers to agree to this and to demonstrate their leadership skills within the observation.
The manager should set the scene within an Ofsted inspection, showing confidence and passion about their provision and the service that they provide. They should be able to communicate how their provision meets the needs of the children, how they know that children are learning and developing, how effective the systems they use to track children's progress are and how staff scaffold children's learning to the next steps and beyond.
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