Early years settings will no longer receive a single word Ofsted judgement, under new reforms confirmed by the inspectorate in response to its Big Listen, which also include the introduction of a new ...

Ofsted will reform the way it inspects early years settings, the inspectorate's director for early years has confirmed. Nick Hudson revealed Ofsted’s intention to change the way early years settings ...

Ofsted is to privatise early education and childcare inspections, according to an internal document seen by CYP Now. The inspectorate wants to outsource services because its childcare inspectors feel ...

Ofsted inspectors have praised the “meticulously designed” early years curriculum at a primary school in Leeds.

New guidance confirming that playworkers should not have to change their existing practice to meet the requirements of the EYFS has been published by Ofsted. Regulating Play-Based Provision suggests ...

A change in the way schools are inspected will roll out from November (Mike Egerton/PA) A raft of changes to the way Ofsted inspects schools, including new report cards with a five-point grading scale ...

Parents will be given more detail about their children’s education with the introduction of new-look report cards, Ofsted has confirmed. Schools in England will be graded across a variety of different ...