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    SSTEW Scale (Sustained Shared Thinking and Emotional Well-being) - in …

    by Vicki Smith on

    At this year’s NDNA conference Denise Kingston, co-writer of the SSTEW scale, led a session to explain the scale, how it can be used and how it can positively impact on practice. The scale can be used to assess the quality of interactions between ad…
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    Delivering the 30 hours (meeting notes)

    by FSF Rebecca on

    These are my meeting notes from the NDNA South East regional meeting that I attended on 12th October. They are not official and I won’t have captured everything …but NDNA members can download all the slides and the official notes from the NDNA websi…
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    Review of NDNA annual conference 2016

    by FSF Rebecca on

    NDNA conference Last week FSF HQ headed up the M1 to attend the NDNA conference in Milton Keynes. We attended a range of talks in the Leadership stream – here are the headlines we picked out …
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    The day of the inspection part 2

    by FSF Rebecca on

    In this article Rebecca talks to Justine about the 'joint observation' and the 'leadership and management' aspects of the inspection.
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    The day of the inspection part 1

    by FSF Rebecca on

    This is the second part of our conversation with inspectors. In this part, Justine explains to us how she begins her inspections. She tells us about she uses observations and documents provided by the setting to secure her inspection judgements.
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    Preparing for inspections, the inspectors' view

    by FSF Rebecca on

    Part 1 in a series of articles detailing the inspection process as it is 'in real life'. We have input from current inspectors as well as from recently inspected practitioners and managers. We debunk some myths and put the facts out there for you to …
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    Recommendations for Leadership and Management

    by Helen Edwards on

    Aiming for outstanding? Here are the recommendations from over 100 Ofsted reports to help you on the way!
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    Victoria Derbyshire discusses 30 hours funding

    by FSF Rebecca on

    "Childcare is at the centre of political debate" Jenny Chapman MP shadow childcare minister   ... and quite rightly so say FSF     The 30 hours funding is a hot potato at the moment and Victoria Derbyshire discussed it at length on her BBC2 programm…
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    Safeguarding is effective: day to day safeguarding

    by FSF Rebecca on

    In this series of articles, we have so far looked at making sure that your premises are safe for children to use and we have considered the steps you should take to help you ensure that all of your staff are suitable to work with children.
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    Documents relating to safeguarding articles

    by FSF Rebecca on

    These are the safeguarding documents referred to in the new safeguarding articles.
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    Observations of staff (Part 1)

    by FSF Rebecca on

    We talk often in early years about developing practitioners’ observation skills. We are attuned to observing children to help us assess progress and plan further developments (Machan 2016). Working with the Development Matters guidance (2012) we can …
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    Keeping little children safe

    by Gill Jones, Ofsted Early Education Deputy Director. on

    An important part of having the confidence to learn is that young children must be and feel safe. Of course, a young child’s sense of risk is very different from an adult’s. So that means early years leaders have to do all they can to support child…
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    Visiting Settings and Schools: A Fresh Pair of Eyes!

    by Elizabeth Jarman on

    We need to challenge historical thinking about learning environments based on new understanding of brain development, language acquisition, physical development and attachment theory. We need fresh eyes!
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    Being 'Outstanding' - Passion, with bucket loads of enthusiasm and com…

    by Jenny Barber on

    Being outstanding isn’t about focusing on that word and what it means to Ofsted, in fact it is the opposite. It is about having a passion for early years, wanting to be the best you can be and utilising what tools are available to provide the best …
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    Are You Ready for Your Joint Observation? Observing Practice under the…

    by Ruksana Mohammed on

    Joint observations have now become a must under OfSTED’s early years inspection framework. Inspectors have found that evidence gained through the joint observations with senior staff is proving to be extremely valuable and has provided them with an …
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    Early Years Teacher Status (2014) – what are the implications of the u…

    by Kathy Brodie on

    Since the Early Years Professional Status was established in 2007 it has undergone a number of transformations. Some of them have been quite minor, such as the number of tasks you have to perform all whether you could have witness statements or not,…
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    The theories behind Cultural capital

    by Juliet Mickelburgh on

    Cultural capital is a term that has recently been added to the 2019 Ofsted draft inspection framework as part of the ‘Quality of Education’ judgement.  In the Early Years draft Inspection Handbook1 it states:‘Inspectors will evaluate how well lead…
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