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Children's centres: Why are inspection grades suffering?

Monday, January 12, 2015

| Nursery World

The latest Ofsted results for children's centres suggest that performance is poor in comparison to other types of childcare provision. Gabriella Jozwiak investigates the facts behind the figures.

Editor's view - Heading for a fall

Opinion

Monday, January 12, 2015

| Nursery World

Why are children's centre inspection grades dropping and what effect could that have?

Editor's view - Paying for it

Opinion

Monday, December 1, 2014

| Nursery World

The facility to be able to pay for re-inspection of early years settings was lobbied for by substantial parts of the sector, and Ofsted duly agreed to move forward on this.

Sector voices concerns over paid-for inspections

News

Monday, December 1, 2014

| Nursery World

Nursery owners have stressed that paid-for inspections, while welcome, must not divert Ofsted from inspecting settings within the set timescales.

Four-fifths of early years providers rated good or above by Ofsted

News

Friday, November 28, 2014

| Nursery World

The early years sector has been praised for the level of good and outstanding Ofsted grades achieved, but latest inspections are running at a lower level

Early years Ofsted reports to be 'shorter and punchier'

News

Friday, November 21, 2014

| Nursery World

Inspection reports are going to be ‘punchier’ from January, Ofsted’s early years chief has said.

New tool to track early years inspections

News

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

| Nursery World

A new online tracking tool called Watchsted provides a snapshot of the latest early years inspections across the country.

NDNA says inspection of schools' twos provision will lack early years focus

News

Friday, October 17, 2014

| Nursery World

The National Day Nurseries Association has raised concerns that schools providing two-year-old provision will not be scrutinised against early years quality assurance by Ofsted.

Inspections must be tailored for the early years

News

Friday, October 10, 2014

| Nursery World

Leading early years organisations have given a positive response to plans for a single inspection framework, but urged Ofsted to ensure that inspections are designed for the early education sector.

Early years settings, schools and colleges will share common inspection framework

News

Thursday, October 9, 2014

| Nursery World

Early years settings will be inspected under a new common inspection framework alongside schools and further education colleges, in plans put out for consultation by Ofsted today.

Sector criticises Ofsted move to potential 30-month wait for first inspection

News

Monday, October 6, 2014

| Nursery World

The early years sector has given a mixed reaction to changes to inspections set out by Ofsted early years director Nick Hudson and revealed on Nursery World online.

Helping to improve early years provision

Opinion

Friday, September 26, 2014

| Nursery World

Nick Hudson, Ofsted early years director, explains priorities for quality improvement in the coming months

Ofsted brings 'requires improvement' inspections in-house

News

Friday, September 26, 2014

| Nursery World

Ofsted’s own in-house inspectors will take on responsibility for re-inspecting 'requires improvement 'nurseries in place of outside contractors Prospects and Tribal, Nursery World can exclusively reveal.

Ofsted figures show notable rise in good and outstanding grades

News

Thursday, September 25, 2014

| Nursery World

The number of nurseries and childminders awarded good or outstanding grades has risen markedly over the last quarter, the latest Ofsted figures show.

Consultation on the publication of statistics on early years providers and places and inspection outcomes

Other

Thursday, September 25, 2014

| Nursery World

Ofsted is proposing to revise the publication of statistics relating to early years inspections and the number of registered childcare providers and places.

Ofsted to run consultation on paid-for inspection details

News

Monday, September 22, 2014

| Nursery World

Ofsted is to consult in the next few months on the procedures and cost for paid-for early years inspections.

Fewer than half of children's centres 'good or better'

News

Thursday, September 11, 2014

| Nursery World

Fewer than half of children’s centres in the latest round of inspections were rated good or outstanding, Ofsted figures show.

Ofsted unveils childminder agency handbook

News

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

| Nursery World

Ofsted has published its new Childminder agency handbook, along with the application forms that people will need if they wish to apply to become an agency.

Ofsted drops brought-forward complaints inspections

News

Thursday, August 21, 2014

| Nursery World

Ofsted has confirmed that it will no longer bring forward full inspections when a complaint is made against a provider.

Making sure young children develop and are safe

Opinion

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

| Nursery World

Ofsted Early Years Director Nick Hudson explains the reasons for the latest moves on inspection

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