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Are you ready for your inspection? is designed to help you to think about some of the implications for you as a provider when we inspect you.
We register and inspect those who provide childcare for children aged from birth up to their eighteenth birthday.
This framework should be read in conjunction with the Early Years Foundation Stage and the regulations.
This consultation seeks views on proposals for a revised framework for the regulation and inspection of registered early years provision.
This presentation covers the arrangements for changes to the regulation and inspection of those on the Early Years Register from September 2012.
As part of the Government's drive to make public spending more transparent, Ofsted has published its spending of over £25,000 since April 2010.
This factsheet:explains the types of exemptions that may be granted from the learning and development requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage
Here you will find the minutes from recent Ofsted audit committee meetings.
This page has statistics on the inspection of early years and childcare providers in England.
The calendar will be updated regularly. Completed consultations will be kept for a year so people can refer back to the findings.If you have any comments or queries about the calendar, please emal
Childminder’s consent form and Q&A for the publication of name, address and telephone number on the Ofsted website.
This newsletter provides inspectors and stakeholders with information and guidance about our inspection work in early years.
09 Jan 2012
Ofsted is consulting on changes to the way it registers and inspects early years providers, including nurseries and childminders, following the recent review of the Early Years Foundation Stage. The changes will coincide with the revised EYFS, which the Government intends to publish in September.
22 Nov 2011
Ofsted today publishes the Annual Report 2010/11, drawing on over 31,000 inspection visits across the schools, early years, children’s social care and learning and skills sectors in England.
03 Nov 2011
Announcement from the Education Select Committee
27 Oct 2011
After a long period of decline, the number of childcare providers in England has now risen steadily since September last year. Prior to this numbers had fallen each quarter since the end of 2008.
14 Oct 2011
Baroness Sally Morgan has welcomed news about the new HMCI.
05 Oct 2011
Children’s Book Week, between 3 and 9 October, is a national celebration of reading for children of primary school age.
26 Sep 2011
This September marks 10 years since Ofsted took over the responsibility for regulating and inspecting all registered early years childminding and childcare settings in 2001.
09 Sep 2011
Ofsted has released updated statistics about the outcomes of inspections in learning and skills providers, early years and childcare registered providers, social care providers and children's centres.
24 Aug 2011
Education Secretary Michael Gove has confirmed a number of appointments to the Board of Ofsted.
27 Jul 2011
We have brought a fresh look to our website to make it easier for you to find the information you need.
01 Jul 2011
Ofsted has released its first official statistics about the outcomes of inspections in learning and skills providers, social care providers and children's centres.
28 Jun 2011
Ofsted welcomes the publication today by the Education Committee - The role and performance of Ofsted: Responses from the Government and Ofsted to the Second Report of the Committee, Session 2010-12.
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