Proposed changes to Ofsted
Following a report by the
Education Select Committee in to the Role and
Performance of Ofsted in April 2011, a proposal was made to
separate the inspectorate in to Care and Education.
It was also proposed that registered
childminders would be inspected under the Care inspectorate and
Nurseries under Education. The report includes recommendations by
the Committee, which is appointed by the House of Commons to
examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the
Department for Education and its associated public bodies. The
report is not Government policy. Government usually has 60 days to
reply to the committee's recommendations.
NCMA has written to the Chair of Education Select
Committee outlining our major concerns about the proposal to
separate care from education, and childminders from other early
years educators. We also responded to a number of other
recommendations within the report.
Read the letter
from NCMA's Joint Chief Executives here.
Last updated:
6/27/2011