Earlier in the year, the Department for Education had disapplied the learning and development requirements and brought in temporary changes to the EYFS framework due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Early years settings have not been required to meet the learning and development requirements of the EYFS since mid-April, in temporary measures put in place during lockdown.
Ofsted said it would not be checking whether a provider has met any learning and development requirement actions set at the last inspection, to allow providers time to get back to normal following the period of uncertainty caused by the pandemic.
The plans were announced during the national meeting of the Ofsted Big Conversation, in a presentation by Gill Jones, deputy director, schools and early education, and Wendy Ratcliff, principal officer, early education.
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