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Jayne Coward, Deputy Director for Early Years Regulatory Policy and Practice

Jayne is the Deputy Director for Early Years Regulatory Policy and Practice. She joined Ofsted in 2006 initially working as an early years inspector. Since then she has held a number of leadership posts within the organisation including early years HMI and most recently early years SHMI for the North East, Yorkshire and Humber region. She has experience of inspecting a wide range of early years provision including registered early years settings, children’s centres and initial teacher education. Jayne has extensive experience as an early years practitioner and had worked as a local authority adviser. She led on the development of a range of early years initiatives including the development of children’s centres and the implementation of the early years foundation stage.