Nursery World - Ofsted briefing highlights early years catch-up strategies

Many early years providers are prioritising communication and language, personal, social and emotional development (PSED) and physical development to help children's recovery from the pandemic, according to Ofsted.

Early years settings are focussing on communication and language catch-up for two-to-three-year-olds, according to Ofsted PHOTO Adobe Stock

Ofsted has today published a series of reports looking at how the pandemic continues to impact on children and students’ learning and personal development, and the approaches education providers are using to help them catch up.

The three reports, which follow on from Ofsted’s autumn 2020 series of COVID-19-themed briefings, look at the findings of 214 routine inspections, from early years through to post-16 education, carried out this term.

The Ofsted education recovery in early years providers autumn report briefing draws together evidence from a sample of routine inspections completed this term.

Describing the ‘picture overall', the Education recovery in early years providers: autumn report said, ‘We recognise the continuing challenges that the pandemic presents to early years providers, and the immense amount of time that providers and parents continue to dedicate to supporting England’s youngest children to learn and develop in very different and uncertain times.

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