Speaking exclusively to Nursery World, Gill Jones, Ofsted’s deputy director of early education, said the inspectorate is interested in finding out why nurseries in groups of 21 settings plus are more likely to be graded Outstanding by inspectors. The proportion of settings graded outstanding increased as group size increased.
This was a finding highlighted in Ofsted’s annual report, which was published on Tuesday (1 December).
Overall effectiveness of nurseries and pre-schools by group size: 31 August 2020
Number of nurseries and pre-schools in brackets (rounded)
Source: Ofsted Annual Report, 2019/20
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