Ofsted has made some changes to the Early years inspection handbook and the School inspection handbook, which come into use from September with the new Education Inspection Framework.
The inspectorate said it had received strong support from three-quarters of consultation respondents for refocusing on the substance of education.
Here we highlight some of the key changes for early years, and Ofsted’s Gill Jones shares the thinking behind them.
Early years
Ofsted said it had received a number of responses, including from early years organisations, saying the judgement criteria for early years provision in the School inspection handbook did not align with the criteria for registered early years settings.
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