Ofsted inspectors will be directly employed by Ofsted
The decision to bring early years inspections in-house will be introduced from April 2017. The contract for Tribal and Prospects will end in March 2017. The decision to bring inspections in-house is to ensure Ofsted have full control over the training and management of early years inspections. This will bring inspections in line with school inspections.
Nick Jackson, Ofsted director of corporate services, said, ‘Since 2010, our two early years inspection service providers have successfully delivered inspection work for Ofsted.
‘As these contracts come to an end this is the right time to consider carefully what our next steps should be. We have decided that early year’s inspection should be brought in line with schools and further education and skills, with Ofsted directly managing all inspections. With our experience of bringing schools and further education inspections under our control, we are confident that we can manage this transition smoothly.’
Many settings welcome the move as they feel the sector is actually being heard and it will hopefully demonstrate consistency in early year’s inspections.
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