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Ofsted decides to ditch self-evaluation form

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Friday, February 9, 2018

| Nursery World

Ofsted is scrapping its self-evaluation form to help reduce the burden on early years providers.

Bold Beginnings: getting the message over

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Monday, February 5, 2018

| Nursery World

By Gill Jones’ own admission, Ofsted’s ‘Bold Beginnings’ report on Reception class teaching, which she co-authored, has ‘caused quite a stir’.

Ofsted's Gill Jones begins drive to clarify Bold Beginnings report

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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

| Nursery World

Ofsted’s early years head has sought to reassure Reception class teachers and EYFS leaders in the wake of controversy surrounding Ofsted’s report on Reception practice.

Nearly 1,000 children's centres not inspected

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Monday, January 22, 2018

| Nursery World

Action for Children says the Government is 'letting families down' as it finds that four in ten children's centres have not been inspected for over five years.

Bold Beginnings: Ofsted publishes methods behind controversial report

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Monday, January 8, 2018

| Nursery World

Faced with a number of Freedom of Information requests, Ofsted has bowed to pressure and published more information on the methodology of the Bold Beginnings report.

Ofsted annual report: EYFS does not prepare children for Year 1

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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

| Nursery World

The EYFS has weaknesses and should be improved to ensure children are better prepared for the national curriculum, Ofsted has said.

Ofsted chief 'taken aback' by criticism of Reception report

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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

| Nursery World

Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman has hit back at critics of the inspectorate’s ‘Bold Beginnings’ report.

Ofsted’s Reception report ‘narrow and political’

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Monday, December 11, 2017

| Nursery World

The publication of Ofsted’s Reception year report ‘Bold Beginnings’ has been met with dismay by some teachers and early years experts, particularly those concerned about the push of more formal learning from Key Stage 1 into the EYFS.

Ofsted finds Reception class teaching 'failing' a third of five-year-olds

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Thursday, November 30, 2017

| Nursery World

Ofsted is calling on the Department for Education to review the EYFS to ensure it provides ‘sufficient clarity for the effective teaching of reading, writing and numbers’, in a report highly critical of Reception class teaching.

Childminders continue to exit the early years sector

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Tuesday, November 21, 2017

| Nursery World

The number of childminders registered with Ofsted is continuing to fall, but the number of nurseries increased slightly on the previous period's figures.

Ofsted chief airs concerns over 'risk-averse' nurseries

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Thursday, November 9, 2017

| Nursery World

The Ofsted chief inspector has stressed that nurseries must not take away climbing frames or stop taking children to the park, as she raised concerns about ‘overly risk-free environments’.

Childcare providers call for relaxation of qualifications to tackle staffing 'crisis'

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Thursday, October 19, 2017

| Nursery World

An organisation of independent childcare providers in Ireland is calling for a temporary relaxation of the rules that all childcare staff be qualified to alleviate the sector ‘recruitment crisis’.

Two early years teacher courses 'require improvement'

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Thursday, September 28, 2017

| Nursery World

Two early years teacher training providers have been rated 'requires improvement' by Ofsted for two years running.

'Inadequate' Learndirect stopped from taking new apprentices

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Thursday, August 17, 2017

| Nursery World

Learndirect, the biggest provider of childcare apprenticeships, has had its Government funding withdrawn after it was found to be inadequate by Ofsted.

EXCLUSIVE: Early years provider fined for running illegal nursery

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Monday, July 10, 2017

| Nursery World

Ofsted has prosecuted a provider for operating a nursery in East London illegally, after a tip-off.

Ofsted 'requires improvement' - says Ofsted early years chief

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Friday, June 30, 2017

| Nursery World

Ofsted is 'not yet good' on the consistency of inspections, Gill Jones said today.

Ofsted seeks views on changes to short inspections

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Thursday, June 15, 2017

| Nursery World

Proposals to improve the short inspection model for schools and maintained nursery schools rated good or outstanding have been put out for consultation today by Ofsted.