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    The Route to EYPS

    by Helen Edwards on

    Part 2: The group task and interview.
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    The Route to EYPS

    by Helen Edwards on

    A candidate describes the process to EYPS via the validation route.
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    Recent Ofsted Reports: What Have Inspectors Focused On? (Part 2)

    by Helen Edwards on

    In our second of four articles looking at recent Ofsted reports, we outline those issues that have appeared frequently over the last three months. Here we examine the recommendations and descriptions of good practice within the EYFS theme of Positiv…
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    Recent Ofsted reports: What have inspectors focused on? (Part 1)

    by Helen Edwards on

    Having studied over 100 Ofsted reports from the last three months, we can see certain recurrent themes. In a series of four articles we outline those issues that have appeared frequently and our first article looks at recommendations and description…
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    Good Intentions

    by Sue Griffin on

    Inclusion, equality, diversity - these words are scattered over official documents including the EYFS, and we all think they are ‘A Good Thing'. But how do these principles get turned into what actually happens in settings? Sue Griffin discusses the …
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    New Professionals, New Leaders?

    by Carol Aubrey on

    Carol Aubrey, Professor at the Institute of Education, University of Warwick, describes the outcomes of a project with early years leaders, including a discussion on the various styles of leadership they exhibit and suggestions on how best to support…
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    The New Ofsted Inspection Framework

    by Helen Edwards on

    Summarising the revised inspection framework documents, we include reflective questions and some useful proformas for you to use in evaluating your provision in the light of the new framework.
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    Being an EYP Change Agent

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    Ruksana Mohammed, EYPS programme leader and lecturer in Early Childhood Studies at the University of East London, outlines the qualities and methods of a successful agent for change. EYPs are entrusted to identify what change is valuable, worthwhile …
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    A Guide for EYP Work-based Mentors

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    Ruksana Mohammed outlines an effective framework of support to EYPS candidates through the work-based mentor. Her suggestions, however, would be of great use to anyone supporting students on a variety of courses, for example Foundation Degrees, and t…
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    One year on: a Q&A with Sue Egersdorff and Liz Ludden from Belong Inte…

    by Caroline Vollans on

    Caroline Vollan's reconnects with Sue Egersdorff and Liz Ludden, a year after writing about their intergenerational nursery in the Northwest. 
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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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    Shake up! Refresh! How to reflect and move your setting on...

    by Jenny Barber on

    Reflective practice is never going to be truly effective unless we are 100% honest with ourselves about what we do, remembering there is a distinct difference between what we might say or think we do and what we actually do.  Reflection is like put…
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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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    Taking Charge?

    by Anni McTavish on

    Taking on a new leadership role can be both an exciting and daunting prospect. As well as the extra responsibility of, for example, working more closely with parents or tracking children’s progress, relationships with colleagues can also change. Fi…
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    Considering Cultural capital …

    by FSF Rebecca on

    Having read around the ‘Cultural Capital’ academic landscape a little I find myself struggling with what the delivery of this might look like in my setting. If I'm seeking to provide what Ofsted say children ‘need’, who gets to decide what that sho…
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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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