Earlier this month, after a big consultation, we published the new inspection handbook for Ofsted-registered provision, which will take effect from this September.
This change means a refocus in the way we assess quality in the early years; an evolution rather than a revolution, you might say. My team will spend less time looking at data and more time considering how nurseries, childminders and other types of childcare provision help young children to learn. We will want to see if young children – particularly the disadvantaged – are thinking and talking about a wide range of experiences that prepare them for what comes next.
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