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A research report which looks at how early years practitioners care for and educate babies and toddlers.
Executive summary The first 2 years are crucial to a child’s development,…
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Complain about a school - complaints process, when to complain to the Department for Education, the Education Funding Agency or Ofsted.
We're asking parents, carers, professionals and learners what they think about our proposals to improve education inspections and our new report cards for providers.
This framework sets out Ofsted's inspection principles and the main judgements that inspectors make.
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Ofsted is consulting on a new approach to inspecting education providers and the introduction of report cards.
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