Inspecting the Early Years Pupil Premium

Inspecting the Early YearsPupil Premium

Gill Jones HMIDeputy Director, Early Years

September 2016Inspecting the Early Years Pupil Premium Slide 1

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.

Inspecting the Early Years Pupil Premium Slide 2September 2016

Unknown children – destined for disadvantage?

Ofsted survey July 2016https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/helping-disadvantaged-young-children-ofsted-thematic-report


Ofsted survey July 2016

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.


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.


Survey recommendations for childminders, settings and schoolsThe 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.


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 peersthey accessed early education in the same settingprovided with a broad range of experiencesgiven more adult-led than child-led learning opportunities.


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.


And finally…


Every type of provider now has high levels of good or outstanding provisionEarly 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%


Findings from Save the Children’s ‘A fair start for every child’ report 2014http://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)


The early years programme


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.


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.


How are we getting ready for the change?


We are working together to plan and implement the

changes

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.


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.


What will happen to inspections before and after 1 April 2017?

For the sector, inspection will be ‘business as usual’.


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’.


Our common inspection framework and proposed changes to the EYFS


The common inspection framework

Accountability for the impact of the EYPP will be in the:

effectiveness of leadership and management judgementoutcomes

Additional evidence may also be in all other judgements.


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


The Small Business Enterprise and Employment Act, 1 January 2016The 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.


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.


Proposed changes to the EYFS statutory framework – September 2016

The EYFS Profile will remain statutory for 2016/2017.


Ofsted on the web and on social mediawww.gov.uk/ofstedhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk

www.linkedin.com/company/ofsted www.youtube.com/ofstednews www.slideshare.net/ofstednews www.twitter.com/ofstednews


http://www.gov.uk/ofsted

http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/

http://www.linkedin.com/company/ofsted

http://www.youtube.com/ofstednews

http://www.slideshare.net/ofstednews

http://www.twitter.com/ofstednews

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