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The early years sector has put Ofsted on a 'notice to improve' following a weekend of action that saw more than 300 people from across the sector join together in a tremendous show of unity.

Ofsted Big Conversation - Providers feed back on Ofsted meetings

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Friday, September 20, 2013

| Nursery World

The organisers of the weekend share their thoughts

Ofsted Big Conversation: Sector makes list of actions for Ofsted

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Friday, September 20, 2013

| Nursery World

The weekend of action sparked a wealth of ideas from nursery owners, practitioners, and childminders, among others.

More early years settings downgraded by Ofsted

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Thursday, September 19, 2013

| Nursery World

The latest Ofsted statistics show that more nurseries and childminders were judged as satisfactory and inadequate in recent inspections compared to the same period last year.

Children's centre clusters failing under new inspection framework

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Friday, September 6, 2013

| Nursery World

Seventy per cent of children centres managed as clusters, or as 'hub and spoke' models, were rated as 'requires improvement' under the new inspection framework.

Ofsted Big Conversation weekend - latest meetings

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

| Nursery World

Two more venues have been added for the early years sector's Ofsted Big Conversation weekend.

Nursery rape case review criticises poor management

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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

| Nursery World

Failings in a nursery's management and by Ofsted and a local authority meant that concerns about a nursery assistant who raped a toddler were missed.

Nurseries unite to tackle consistency of Ofsted inspections

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Friday, August 23, 2013

| Nursery World

The early years sector has united amid growing concerns about the number of childcare settings being downgraded by Ofsted.

Sector organises meetings for 'Ofsted Big Conversation'

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Monday, August 19, 2013

| Nursery World

The early years sector is to come together on the weekend of the 13 and 14 September to discuss how to effectively engage with Ofsted following mounting concern over inspections.