Blog Ofsted: early years

Celebrating childminders and welcoming change

Posted by: Yvette Stanley, National Director Regulation and Social Care and Lee Owston, National Director Education, Posted on: 16 May 2024 - Categories: Early years

It’s Childminding Week, and we want to recognise the excellent work of childminders like you. Thank you for all that you do to give families much-needed flexibility, and children the best start in life. Almost all of you do this …

Maintaining quality early years provision in the face of workforce challenges

Posted by: Lee Owston, National Director Education, Alex Jones, Director, Insights and Research and Yvette Stanley, National Director Regulation and Social Care, Posted on: 13 May 2024 - Categories: Early years

We know that many of you in the early years sector continue to face significant challenges, especially around recruiting and keeping well-qualified staff. In this blog, we will highlight: some of the ways these workforce challenges are evident when we …