Plans for a new common inspection framework for early years settings, schools and colleges, were put out for consultation yesterday.
Purnima Tanuku, chief executive of the National Day Nurseries Association, said a single framework must standardise quality and benefit the whole education inspection system.
But she warned, ‘The features of good provision are the same whether it is in early years or college. Strong leadership, learning and assessment are universal inspection targets; it is then vital inspectors are specifically trained for each sector.
‘The actual inspection process must be tailored to the sector.’
Commenting on Ofsted’s intention to bring in specific inspection handbooks for each stage, she said it was important to have ‘detailed, thorough and robust' training alongside this.
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