Yvette Stanley, National Director Regulation and Social Care

Expanding our pilot to streamline early years registration

Yvette Stanley, National Director Regulation and Social Care, 28 July 2023 - Early years

In November, we published a blog about our plans to streamline the early years registration process. Pilot programme Over the past few months, we have carried out a pilot, testing whether we could speed up the process by changing when …

Ofsted's 2023 priorities for early years

Lee Owston, Deputy Director, Schools and Early Education and Yvette Stanley, National Director Regulation and Social Care, 2 February 2023 - Childminder registration, Early years, Nannies

Before looking ahead to what 2023 will hold for the early years sector, it's worth reflecting on the year that has just passed. Ofsted ended the year with the publication of our Annual Report, which provides an overview of what …

The difference between registering with Ofsted or a childminder agency

Yvette Stanley, National Director Regulation and Social Care, 30 September 2022 - Childminder registration, Early years

This blog explains the difference is between registering with a childminder agency (CMA) or registered with Ofsted.

Welcome to Ofsted's early years blog

Yvette Stanley, National Director Regulation and Social Care, Lee Owston, Deputy Director, Schools and Early Education and Alex Magloire, Deputy Director, Early Years Regulatory Practice, 30 September 2022 - Early years

Yvette Stanley, Ofsted's National Director Regulation and Social Care; Gill Jones, Deputy Director, Schools and Early Education; and Alex Magloire, our Deputy Director, Early Years Regulatory Practice, launch Ofsted's new early years blog.

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