Nursery World - The new EYFS framework and Ofsted judgements

Dr Helen Edwards provides insights into how the revised EYFS is influencing Ofsted's inspections and what its recent reports suggest about changes to practice and management.

Ofsted reports highlight how practice leaders are creating their own curriculum.

In the latter half of the autumn term I read and reviewed more than a hundred Ofsted reports of PVI settings that had been judged good or outstanding. I was keen to find out how the revised EYFS statutory framework was changing the focus for inspections. It was an interesting process and I found a number of important changes in emphasis.

Communication and language
One of the main reasons for the changes to the statutory framework was to improve outcomes at age five, particularly in early language and literacy and, as you would expect, reports are recording in more detail how well settings are supporting children’s progress in developing their communication skills.

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