The common inspection framework 2015

11 November 2015

Gill Jones HMIDeputy Director, Early Education@GillJonesOfsted

The proportion of good and outstanding providers has risen 18 percentage points in five years

Every type of provider now has high levels of good or outstanding provision

Early years framework:All registered provision 85%Nurseries and pre-schools 87%Childminders 84%

Section 5 inspections:Nursery schools 97%

Early years judgement within Section 5 inspectionsSchools with early years 86%

Standards in childminding have risen at the fastest rate

Rising standards mean …

Less variation between areas – the gap between the highest and lowest performing region for childminders is now only six percentage points

Very high levels of performance in some areas - 91% of nurseries and pre-schools in the North East are now good or outstanding

Fewer inadequate providers and swifter re-inspection when a provider is found inadequate

A quick response to concerns from parents and the public about safety - over 4,000 investigations of which 30% resulted in action against the provider

HMCI’s Early Years Annual Report published in July 2015

The Common Inspection Framework – findings so far

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 for schools and FES

Maintained schools and academies

Early Years

New Common Inspection Framework

Four graded judgements across all remits: leadership and management teaching, learning and assessment personal development, behaviour and welfare outcomes for children and learners

Contribute to the overall effectiveness judgement.

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

Effectiveness of leadership and management

 Key points:assessment – emphasis on securing evidence of all kinds of assessmentparents – strong focus on parents as sources of information and partners in children’s learning (fits well with EY principles)teaching – the EY inspection handbook has a definition of teaching in the early years

Teaching, learning and assessment

Teaching and play in the early years – a balancing act? There is no one way of approaching teaching and play - Teaching

incorporates all of the ways that adults help young children to learn. The prioritisation of speech, language and communication was the

cornerstone of leaders’ work with disadvantaged children, especially funded two-year-olds.

Where we found disadvantaged two-year-olds making rapid progress, they spent a higher proportion of their day interacting with adults than their better-off peers.

Disadvantaged two-year-olds learned best when they played alongside older early years children.

Read our good practice examples and watch the videos to support this survey: ‘A balancing act – teaching and play, no one way’

 Key points:much of the personal development, behaviour and welfare remains from the previous inspection frameworkunderstanding of how to keep themselves safe from relevant risks such as exploitation and extremism, including when using the internet and social mediaself-awareness and understanding of how to be a successful learner attendance, although not compulsory, is a good indicator of children’s engagement and providers would be expected to keep a close eye on children who are poor attenders, particularly if they are in receipt of funded places

Personal development, behaviour and welfare

 

Critical focus here is on the progress of different groups from their starting pointsA particular focus on the impact of the EYPPHow well children are prepared for school or transition to other settings continues to be important

Outcomes for children

Positive so far Inspection return data is not showing a

significant change in grade profiles since introduction of CIF

School EY judgements and EY regulatory framework grade profiles align well

Local authorities report that some of the language is encouraging providers to ‘step up’

British values and EYPP remain areas where providers are concerned about getting it right

Feedback from providers