Outstanding grades all round for seven nurseries in the Happy Days Nursery Group Ofsted has awarded seven nurseries in the Happy Days Nursery group the highest possible grade outstanding. These seven nurseries are based in Cornwall. Since January Ofsted, have graded five nurseries outstanding from the group. Of these five
Ages and Stages are not important; it’s about the individual! The EYFS made massive changes in 2012 placing a higher emphasis on each child being an individual learner, who develop in their own ways and at their own rates. It also ensured the age brackets overlapped and stated they are
Training Manager Fay Gibbin tells us more about Apprenticeships in Early Years Training manager, Fay Gibbin, at Busy Bees Early Years Training Academy (www.busybeestraining.co.uk) currently oversees over 1000 childcare, management and catering apprenticeships as well as 20 short courses delivered at each of its 12 venues throughout the country. Here,
The Integrated review for two-year-olds What is the integrated review? Every child that turns two is invited to attend a health review. The health review is conducted by either a health visitor or a community nursery nurse. This health review is an opportunity for parents to talk about the child’s
What documentation Ofsted will check during an inspection It is the Ofsted inspector’s job to check certain documentation during an inspection; this is to check whether the setting is meeting the guidelines set out in the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage. As documentation is such a big part
Proposal to make changes to childcare disqualification arrangements The Department for Education is seeking views on making changes to the childcare disqualification arrangements. At present childcare workers are disqualified if someone living in the same household is disqualified. The consultation sets out options for changing the childcare disqualification arrangements in schools
Carrying out a learning walk to monitor and evaluate your early year’s provision To make sure your early provision is offering high standards of care and education, managers and practitioners should carry out regular audits to monitor and evaluate the provision. These audits can highlight areas of weakness and give
There are many documents readily available to help prepare for an Ofsted inspection. The Common Inspection Framework and the Early Years Inspection Handbook are highly recommended documents to read. These documents will outline key elements of what inspectors will be looking for when they inspect the provision. The Early Years Inspection
Providing practitioners with feedback after a peer observation It can be very daunting when receiving feedback from either another colleague or the manager. Often people can sometimes get very anxious and automatically think they are going to hear negative comments. With this in mind, it is important that when giving
Why developing a system for peer observations is important For peer observations to be effective, it is important to involve team members in developing a system for peer observations. Involving the team in the process will help them understand how and why these are to be conducted. When discussing with the