Nick Hudson, National Director for Early Education on early years inspection from September 2015: National Day Nurseries Association 2015 conference, Coventry 11 June.

1. NDNA Conference
Better inspection for all
Nick Hudson,
National Director for Early Education,
Ofsted

2.  ‘Poverty becomes a life sentence, as
cognitive development and educational
achievement suffer. There is a direct
relationship between household
income, and school-readiness, and
vocabulary at five’ (page iv)
 ‘Only a third of the poorest children in
England go on to achieve five good
GCSEs including English and maths’
(page iv-v)
Findings from Save the Children’s
‘A Fair Start for Every Child’ report 2014

3. Henry – 11 months

4. Overview of FOEI reforms
Further
education
and skills
Non-
association
independent
schools
New common inspection framework
Short inspections for good
providers
2 year old offer
Baseline
exercise
Direct contracting and changes to workforce
Maintained
schools and
academies
Early Years

5. Benefits of the new Common Inspection
Framework (CIF)
A Common Inspection Framework for schools, further
education and skills (FES) providers, non-association
independent schools and registered early years.
Greater clarity, coherence and comparability for users,
learners, parents and employers – Ofsted’s judgements will be
made on the same basis, with the same terminology and mean
the same thing.
More emphasis and focus on the things that matter most.
Consistent approach to safeguarding.
Opportunity to refresh how we inspect.
Greater opportunities for knowledge sharing and
development between inspectors in different remits.

6.
A very large response. 4,400 through online
consultation, 330 attendees at regional events, 115 parents
and 180 pupils at focus groups.
Responses to all questions were highly positive
and proposals were supported by all groups.
– Approx. 80% support the common inspection
framework.
Consultation response published on 2 February.
‘Better inspection for all’:
Key points from the consultation

7.
Common Inspection Framework (CIF)

8. New Common Inspection
Framework
Four graded judgements across all remits:
– effectiveness of leadership and management
– quality of teaching, learning and assessment
– personal development, behaviour and welfare
– outcomes for children and learners.
Greater emphasis on safeguarding and curriculum.
The Common Inspection Framework ensures that a coherent set of
judgments are made across the different education, skills and
child care settings.

9. A single Common Inspection Framework supported by
separate handbooks for each remit
The CIF handbooks will be consistent wherever possible, but
recognise differences between sectors.
Draft handbook used in the pilot inspections.
After the pilots, we will revise the handbooks using feedback from
inspectors.
The CIF and all remit handbooks will be published in June,
alongside a series of launch events.
Early Education will also have a separate ‘registration
handbook’ and ‘compliance handbook’.
Developing inspection
handbooks

10. Change in emphasis in the
Common Inspection
Framework

11. Key points on the CIF:
particular focus on the curriculum – to test rationale for it, policy
practice and impact
ambitious vision – HMCI clear that through this we also capture the
impact of the culture of a setting
safeguarding – not a graded judgement but inspectors must report
under leadership whether it is effective or not
emphasis on British values.
Effectiveness of leadership and
management

12. Key points:
assessment – emphasis on securing evidence of all kinds of
assessment
parents – strong focus on parents as sources of information and
partners in children’s learning (fits well with EY principles)
where relevant, English, mathematics and other skills
necessary to function as an economically active member of
British society and globally are promoted through teaching
and learning – emphasis on the future but difficult to make this
relevant for young children
Teaching, learning and
assessment

13. Key points:
understanding of how to keep themselves safe from relevant risks
such as exploitation and extremism, including when using the internet
and social media
self-awareness and understanding of how to be a successful
learner
choices about the next stage of their education, employment,
self-employment or training, where relevant, from independent careers
advice and guidance
where relevant, employability skills so that they are well prepared for
the next stage of their education, employment, self-employment or
training.
Personal development, behaviour
and welfare

14.
Critical focus here will be on the progress of
different groups from their starting points
Outcomes for children

15. Changes include:
more descriptors in outstanding grade
no descriptors for requires improvement
a greater focus on the quality of teaching and its impact
on children’s progress and achievement
The evaluation schedule

16. CIF pilots

17. PROVIDER TYPE TOTAL PILOTS INSPECTION TEAM
Full day care 9 ECRI; EC HMI; ISPs
Childminders 16 ECRI; EC HMI; ISPs
Sessional day care – crèche;
playgroup; and out of school 13 ECRI; EC HMI; ISPs
Childcare on domestic premises 1 ECRI or EC HMI or ISPs
2YO in school 2 (s.5 pilot) School HMI
Registered childcare
in independent schools 2 II inspector
43 pilots in total
Spring ‘shadow’ pilots 2015

18.  Starting to plan ahead now
 Likely to
obe in April/May
oinvolve more ISP inspectors
oinclude notice
obe ‘live’ inspections, if possible
owill include re-inspection of inadequate settings
Summer Pilots 2015

19. So what next…..

20. Timelines
 CIF launched, handbooks published - June
 Training for inspectors - July
 Implementation - September 2015

21. Questions