Ofsted have released the guidance for their new inspections which will take effect from Spetember 2012.
The guidance informs early years settings of what the inspectors will be looking for and gives examples of how to achieve each of the gradings in each section.
This guidance will be extremelly useful for reference prior to inspections and you can download it here;
Evaluation schedule for inspections of registered early years provision from September 2012[1]
In addition the new ‘Are you ready for your inspection’ guidance is out and available to download from the Ofsted website and here;
Are you ready for your inspection Childcare and Early Years Registers from September 2012[1]
