Gill Jones, Deputy Director, Early Years, gave this presentation at the ‘Early Years Pupil Premium: effective use for improved outcomes’ conference, London, 28 September 2016.

1. Inspecting the Early Years
Pupil Premium
Gill Jones HMI
Deputy Director, Early Years
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2. Our commitment to children remains
constant
 We remain committed to ensuring that
children benefit from good-quality
childcare and education through our
inspection and regulation.
 We continue to champion the right of all
children to do well, especially those
from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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3. Unknown children – destined for
disadvantage?
Ofsted survey July 2016
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/helping-disadvantaged-young-children-ofsted-thematic-report
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Ofsted survey July 2016

4. The background to the survey: ‘Unknown
children – destined for disadvantage’
 In 2015, around half of all disadvantaged children had
achieved a good level of development and secured the
essential skills needed to make a successful start at school in
Year 1 compared with two thirds of all children.
 Too many children start school without the range of skills they
need.
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5. Key messages from the survey
 Disadvantage is not defined solely by economic circumstance.
 Effective partnership working is the key to success.
 Disadvantaged children are not always helped to access the
right settings.
 EYPP funding is not always used effectively to narrow gaps in
achievement.
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6. Survey recommendations for childminders,
settings and schools
The survey recommended that
all settings should:
share information promptly at
the point of transition
review the use of EYPP so
that it is used effectively.
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7. Adapting teaching methods to
disadvantaged children’s needs
The survey found that disadvantaged children make the best
progress when:
younger children play alongside their older peers
they accessed early education in the same setting
provided with a broad range of experiences
given more adult-led than child-led learning opportunities.
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8. Effective use of EYPP to help
disadvantaged children do better
 Leaders and managers who used additional government
funding successfully had a clear rationale for their spending
based on an acute understanding of the needs of eligible
children.
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9. And finally…
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10. 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 inspections:
Schools with early years 86%
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11. Findings from Save the Children’s
‘A fair start for every child’ report 2014
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/resources/online-library/fair-start-every-child
 ‘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)
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12. The early years programme
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13. Ofsted and the ISPs: what is the current
way of working?
 Tribal and Prospects work with Ofsted as inspection service
providers (ISPs).
 ISP inspectors carry out the majority of early years inspections.
A large volume of inspections is carried out each year.
 The ISP inspection workforce is made up of employed
inspectors and those that work for the ISP on a freelance
basis.
 Ofsted and ISP colleagues work together to ensure practice is
consistent and of good quality.
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14. Early years programme − an overview
 Early years inspectors who currently work for the ISPs will be
directly managed by Ofsted.
 This change will take place on 1 April 2017.
 All early years inspections on or after 1 April 2017 will be
carried out by inspectors, who are directly employed or
contracted by Ofsted.
 This change brings early years inspection in line with those of
schools and further education.
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15. How are we getting ready for the change?
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We are working together to
plan and implement the
changes

16. How will early years work be delivered by
Ofsted from 1 April 2017?
 In the first instance, inspections will be planned and managed
by a central delivery unit set up specifically for this purpose.
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17. How will early years work be delivered by
Ofsted from 1 April 2017?
 Once the transition from
ISP to Ofsted has been
fully completed, early years
inspection will be
reorganised to reflect our
regional structure.
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18. What will happen to inspections
before and after 1 April 2017?
For the sector, inspection will
be ‘business as usual’.
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19. Key points of the early years programme
 In April 2017, all inspections will be carried out by inspectors
overseen directly by Ofsted.
 We continue to champion the best outcomes for all children in
all of our work.
 Parents and providers should expect inspection and regulation
work to be ‘business as usual’.
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20. Our common inspection framework and
proposed changes to the EYFS
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21. The common inspection framework
Accountability for the impact of
the EYPP will be in the:
effectiveness of leadership and
management judgement
outcomes
Additional evidence may also
be in all other judgements.
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22. The common inspection framework
 Identify the eligible children to
inspectors.
 Show inspectors how much funding
you receive in total
 Explain how you spend or intend to
spend the funding and why
 Demonstrate impact or what you
expect the impact to be in children’s
learning and development
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23. The Small Business Enterprise and
Employment Act, 1 January 2016
The SBEE makes provision for:
early years providers to operate from suitable non-domestic
premises for up to half their time
single registration of childcare provider operating from multiple
sites.
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24. Proposed changes to the EYFS statutory
framework – September 2016
All newly qualified entrants into the early years workforce
(level 2/3) must have a relevant paediatric first-aid certificate
before they can be included in the statutory staff ratios.
N.B. This requirement is proposed and not yet in force.
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25. Proposed changes to the EYFS statutory
framework – September 2016
The EYFS Profile will remain statutory for 2016/2017.
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26. Ofsted on the web and on social media
www.gov.uk/ofsted
http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk
www.linkedin.com/company/ofsted
www.youtube.com/ofstednews
www.slideshare.net/ofstednews
www.twitter.com/ofstednews
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