OBC Chairs Meeting Minutes 13.03.2018
Minutes and Actions from the OBC Chairs Meeting – 13th March 2018
West Midlands OBC Steering Group Minutes 18.01.2018
Minutes of the West Midlands OBC Steering Group – 18th January 2018
Ofsted Inspection: The Owner’s Story (May 2015)
Ofsted Inspection – The Owner’s Story Submitted by David Wright – 22nd May 2015 (The following events may or may not have happened and not necessarily in this order. All names are fictional). There is nothing quite like the words ‘Ofsted are here’ to set the heart racing as you dash for the door and …
Ofsted agrees regional meetings with childcare sector
By Derren Hayes, Children and Young People Now Childcare providers and workers across England are to be given the opportunity to regularly meet Ofsted officials to air their concerns about the regulator’s approach to inspections. Many early years providers complain that they have had settings downgraded by Ofsted. The regional meetings plan has been committed …
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June’s Blog: The #OfstedBigConversation: Consistency, Transparency and Easy Access to Information
On Friday, 50 lively people came to Marsham St, the headquarters of the London Early Years Foundation, to kick off the #OfstedBigConversation and share their time, expertise and stories. Colleagues came from as far as Worcestershire, Oxfordshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex. Colleagues included childminders, nursery managers and practitioners, school teachers, local authority advisors, CEO and …
June’s Blog: Ofsted A Go Go….
The #OfstedBigConversation kicks off around the country on Friday. Here is the plan: So far, each group has between 30 and 40 people signed up and a great many unable to attend but they are with us in spirit. The purpose of the meetings is not to collect evidence of people’s unhappy experience, sadly we …
June’s Blog: #OfstedBigConversation: On Your Marks, Get Set…!
Doggedness is very evident among sector colleagues as the energy and power builds in readiness for the #Ofstedbigconversation on the 13th and 14th September. The London response is very heartening not least the sheer distance people are preparing to travel. This is being replicated across the country and more groups are being set up almost …
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June’s Blog: Get on board Ofsted: Listen and Respond to the #OfstedBigConversation
I came back from holiday last week to a bunch of emails which included one from Ofsted asking for feedback on their performance. I laughed out loud and went straight to the LinkedIn group that began four months ago when I asked a question about people’s experience of the new Ofsted attitude. Back in May, …
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