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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?

Terrorism bill means nurseries 'must understand risk of radicalisation'

News

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

| Nursery World

Nursery staff will have a legal duty to spot potential terrorists, under a new bill before Parliament.

Ban on smoking in cars with children comes a step closer

News

Friday, December 19, 2014

| Nursery World

New regulations prohibiting smoking in cars carrying children in England have been put forward to Parliament, which if passed will come into effect from 1 October 2015.

Sex abuse nursery investigation dropped

News

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

| Nursery World

An investigation into alleged sexual abuse at Little Angels Nursery in Wiltshire has been dropped, with no charges brought.

Call for all nursery staff to be qualified in paediatric first aid

News

Monday, December 15, 2014

| Nursery World

MPs will debate in parliament today whether all nursery staff should be qualified in paediatric first aid, following a campaign by parents.

Fears that PVI settings could lose children under new Schools Admissions Code

News

Monday, December 15, 2014

| Nursery World

Early years organisations have voiced concerns that the move to allow schools to give priority places to disadvantaged children who attend school nurseries will discriminate against parents who wish to send their children to private, voluntary and independent settings.

Government set to delete 'five year rule' on GCSE re-sits

News

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

| Nursery World

The Government is set to back down over controversial rules which could force hundreds of apprentices to retake valid GCSEs.

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.

Institutional failures over child sex abuse revealed

News

Thursday, November 20, 2014

| Nursery World

Children are at risk of sex abuse because of failures by councils and other agencies to get a grip on the problem, a damning new report has found.

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.

Nursery Food: Quality - Progress report

Features

Monday, October 20, 2014

| Nursery World

What advances have been made in nursery food since the launch of the nutrition guidelines in 2013? Hannah Crown looks at new research.

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 draft 10-year plan for the early years, childcare and play workforce in Wales

Other

Thursday, September 25, 2014

| Nursery World

The draft plan outlines the Welsh Government's goals for the early years, childcare and play workforce and sets out how it proposes to support this agenda.

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.

Nursery Management: Business - 25 years of changes

Features

Monday, September 22, 2014

| Nursery World

Nursery owner and University of Warwick lecturer Caroline Jones has seen a raft of changes to early years legislation and inspection since she set up her first nursery at her home in 1989. Here, she provides an insight into the way early years has transformed over time.

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Editor's view - Heading for a fall

Terrorism bill means nurseries 'must understand risk of radicalisation'

Ban on smoking in cars with children comes a step closer

Sex abuse nursery investigation dropped

Call for all nursery staff to be qualified in paediatric first aid

Fears that PVI settings could lose children under new Schools Admissions Code

Government set to delete 'five year rule' on GCSE re-sits

Editor's view - Paying for it

Sector voices concerns over paid-for inspections

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

Early years Ofsted reports to be 'shorter and punchier'

Institutional failures over child sex abuse revealed

New tool to track early years inspections

Nursery Food: Quality - Progress report

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

Inspections must be tailored for the early years

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

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

Helping to improve early years provision

Ofsted brings 'requires improvement' inspections in-house

Ofsted figures show notable rise in good and outstanding grades

Consultation on the draft 10-year plan for the early years, childcare and play workforce in Wales

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

Ofsted to run consultation on paid-for inspection details

Nursery Management: Business - 25 years of changes

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