According to the latest Ofsted statistics published today, the education secretary ‘does not consider it appropriate to start a new inspection cycle under a framework which is likely to change.’
The consultation, announced in Nursery World in July by children’s minister Sam Gyimah, will also consider new accountability arrangements.
The inspection of children’s centres has therefore been suspended pending the outcome of the consultation.
The latest children’s centre inspection outcome statistics (including inspections up to the 31 August) show that the number of children’s centre groups has fallen from 214 as of 31 March to 196 as of 31 August.
At the end of August there were 2,030 open and inspected single children’s centres.
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