The major change is being brought in as part of the move towards the new Common Inspection Framework, which will be introduced in September.
The move will mean an end to no-notice inspections for early years providers to bring them in line with notice periods for schools, which will continue to receive notice of their inspection visits around midday on the day before their inspection.
Ofsted had previously said that it intended to move towards aligning the notice of inspection with schools, but this is the first time that it has stated it so explicitly.
Sector organisations have long called for early years providers and schools to be given identical notice periods for routine Ofsted inspections.
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