The quality of a setting's leadership and management will come under scrutiny when the new combined inspection is introduced next month.
The new inspection will combine the Children Act 1989 inspection and the three-and four-year-old nursery education inspection. In your role as manager you will have to demonstrate to inspectors how staff consistently provide a service which meets the requirements of the 14 National Standards and show how the quality of educational provision for funded three-and four-year-olds ensures that all the children will achieve the Early Learning Goals. The theme of self-assessment and continual improvement will run through the inspection process beginning with an examination of how the setting addressed any issues raised at the last inspection.
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