A large pool of expertise in early years education will be lost when Ofsted takes over all inspections. Alison Mercer reports
The schools inspectorate Ofsted has moved to reassure early years workers about the sweeping changes ahead for daycare regulation. It has been pointing out that the person who carries out their inspection will probably be the same as before, just working for a different organisation, as former social services registration and inspection officers transfer to Ofsted's new Early Years Directorate on 3 September.
So far, so good. Yet there is another aspect to the reforms that is causing concern. These former local authority workers, who come from a care background, are also likely to be inspecting nursery education. The expertise of registered nursery inspectors, who work freelance and will not be transferring wholesale to the Directorate, will be lost.
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