A split Ofsted? If my memory serves me correctly, the proposals to separate the inspection of care and education have a distinct ring of the past. I recall separate inspections from Education and Social Services until they were combined. In respect of early years, one thing in particular seems to be the idea that childminders fall under the 'care' category but daycare is under 'education'.
In common with others, it seems that the hard-earned Every Child Matters joined-up agenda may well be threatened - all, it seems, sacrificed at the altar of efficiency - and that the organisation has become 'too big' to offer the specialised skills required to regulate and assure quality in the sector.
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