Sue Gregory, national director for early childhood at Ofsted, said the new framework will have a really strong emphasis on teaching.
‘I’m not making any apologies for this. All people working in early years are teachers in one way or another,’ she said.
Settings must focus on children’s learning as well as care, and be prepared to provide ‘structure and routine’ as well as follow children’s interests.
Ofsted will also shortly be carrying out surveys with childminders, pre-schools, nurseries and children’s centres, to look at the best examples of teaching. A report on this will be published in April next year.
The new framework will also assess settings on children’s readiness to start school.
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