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.

Flexibilities for childminders and childcare on domestic premises providers

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On 1 November 2024, the Department for Education made changes to give the early years sector (in particular childminders) more flexibility.  These changes introduced a new type of childminder and give existing childminders and childcare on domestic premises providers more scope in terms …

What to know before applying to register with Ofsted: choosing names for your childcare setting and legal entity

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Selecting a name for your childcare business is an important early decision. Getting this right from the outset helps us process your application more quickly and limits the need for follow-up questions.  In this blog, we explain what your legal entity name …

Applying to register with Ofsted: what you need to know

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Whether you’re thinking about registering with Ofsted or are in the process of submitting your application, this blog post aims to help you understand the registration process and the actions you need to take. Before you begin your application, you …

The Holiday Activities and Food programme – when you need to register with Ofsted

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The Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme is funded by the Department for Education (DfE). The aim of the programme is to help families with enrichment activities and food for children throughout the holiday periods. The programme is for children …