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Unpicking Ofsted Reports, Part 11: Teaching and Learning and the New Inspection Framework

Monday, December 10, 2018

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Former head of early years Pennie Akehurst looks forward to the Education Inspection Framework, set to launch in September 2019

Ofsted annual report: Top marks for large groups

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Sunday, December 9, 2018

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Nurseries and pre-schools operating in large groups have a greater proportion of Outstanding grades, Ofsted’s annual report shows.

Unpicking Ofsted Reports, part 10: Monitoring and Evaluation – A rounded view

Features

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

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When it comes to vulnerable children, how should settings approach areas such as assessment and planning and performance management, asks Pennie Akehurst

Unpicking Ofsted Reports, part 9: Partnerships

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Monday, October 15, 2018

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With the 30 hours leading to more children attending multiple settings, Pennie Akehurst finds the common areas settings can improve on when it comes to working together

Ofsted flags shift away from outcomes-led inspections

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Thursday, October 11, 2018

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Children’s outcomes will become a less prominent feature of inspections, while the quality of education will become a key focus, Amanda Spielman announced today.

New staff without DBS 'should not be left alone with children' - Ofsted

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Wednesday, October 10, 2018

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People who start working in settings before their criminal records check has come through should not be left in unsupervised contact with children, according to Ofsted guidance today.

Unpicking Ofsted reports, part 8: vulnerable children

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Monday, September 17, 2018

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When it comes to vulnerable children, how should settings approach areas such as assessment and planning and performance management, asks Pennie Akehurst

Ofsted calls for early years experts

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Thursday, August 30, 2018

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Ofsted is calling for academics, researchers and practitioners to apply to take part in a new early years forum to debate early years teaching and practice.

Unpicking Ofsted Reports, part 7: Quality of teaching and learning

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Monday, August 20, 2018

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Pennie Akehurst, a former council head of early years and childcare, finds the common reasons why settings fall down on teaching and learning

Unpicking Ofsted Reports, part 6: meeting children’s needs 2

Features

Monday, July 23, 2018

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Pennie Akehurst asks Fiona Holiday, a certified therapeutic play practitioner, what must be in place to meet the needs of children and get the best out of them

Ofsted's report on obesity slammed for ignoring experts

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Wednesday, July 18, 2018

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The expert panel who advised Ofsted on its obesity report, claim that the inspectorate has gone against its advice by saying that schools are not the ‘silver bullet’ to tackling childhood obesity.

Unpicking Ofsted Reports, part 5: meeting children’s needs - The best we can be

Features

Monday, June 25, 2018

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When it comes to meeting the needs of children, Pennie Akehurst’s analysis of Ofsted inspection reports finds that meeting the needs of staff is the first step

Your guide to the latest early years documents

Features

Friday, June 1, 2018

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Are you using the most recent Government documents giving advice on early years and safeguarding legislation?

Unpicking Ofsted Reports, Part 4: A New Evaluation Framework - Self-assessment

Features

Monday, May 28, 2018

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Following her article last month on monitoring and evaluation systems, Pennie Akehurst looks at how to develop a new system of self-evaluation

Nursery group closed over safeguarding fears

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Monday, April 16, 2018

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Four nurseries in Devon are to be permanently closed, leaving more than 400 children without childcare and 100 members of staff without jobs.

Unpicking Ofsted Reports, Part 3: Monitoring And Self-Evaluation

Features

Monday, April 16, 2018

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Pennie Akehurst, former head of the Early Years and Childcare Service at Derbyshire County Council, looks at how settings can replace the recently axed Ofsted self-evaluation form

Unpicking Ofsted Reports, Part 2: Performance Management Systems - A poor performance

Features

Monday, March 19, 2018

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In the second part of this series, Pennie Akehurst, former head of the Early Years and Childcare Service at Derbyshire County Council, finds some settings fall short on performance management

Unpicking Ofsted Reports, Part 1: Safeguarding - falling short

Features

Monday, February 19, 2018

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In the first of a new series looking at common issues highlighted in Ofsted reports, Pennie Akehurst, former head of the Early Years and Childcare Service at Derbyshire County Council, discusses the areas where settings often fall down on safeguarding

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

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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

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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

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

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Unpicking Ofsted Reports, Part 11: Teaching and Learning and the New Inspection Framework

Ofsted annual report: Top marks for large groups

Unpicking Ofsted Reports, part 10: Monitoring and Evaluation – A rounded view

Unpicking Ofsted Reports, part 9: Partnerships

Ofsted flags shift away from outcomes-led inspections

New staff without DBS 'should not be left alone with children' - Ofsted

Unpicking Ofsted reports, part 8: vulnerable children

Ofsted calls for early years experts

Unpicking Ofsted Reports, part 7: Quality of teaching and learning

Unpicking Ofsted Reports, part 6: meeting children’s needs 2

Ofsted's report on obesity slammed for ignoring experts

Unpicking Ofsted Reports, part 5: meeting children’s needs - The best we can be

Your guide to the latest early years documents

Unpicking Ofsted Reports, Part 4: A New Evaluation Framework - Self-assessment

Nursery group closed over safeguarding fears

Unpicking Ofsted Reports, Part 3: Monitoring And Self-Evaluation

Unpicking Ofsted Reports, Part 2: Performance Management Systems - A poor performance

Unpicking Ofsted Reports, Part 1: Safeguarding - falling short

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

Ofsted chief 'taken aback' by criticism of Reception report

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