It is planned that these meetings will establish a local dialogue with Ofsted and enable the sector to work in partnership with it to deal with issues and drive improvement.
The Ofsted Big Conversation took place on Friday, 13 September and involved the early years sector coming together in an unprecedented show of solidarity with nine regional meetings to campaign against the way Ofsted is currently conducting inspections.
The latest move is testimony to the strength of the Ofsted Big Conversation campaign and has been spearheaded by June O’Sullivan, chief executive of the London Early Years Foundation. Ms O’Sullivan recently had a meeting with Ofsted’s Sue Gregory, director of Early Childhood and Dee Gasson, principal officer of Development in Early Years, where it was agreed that a system of meetings would be developed nationwide.
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