Speaking at Nursery World's business summit in London last week, Liz Elsom, Ofsted's divisional manager for the EYFS framework, said that the body would be seeking dialogue with the early years sector and 'tweaking the way it does things'.
'There are important issues we need to address,' she said. 'Our annual survey highlighted that there is a still a tendency for children in deprived areas to receive poor-quality care. We want an inspection regime that targets and improves weaker settings, including more frequent inspection where we receive information about potential non-compliance within the EYFS.'
She said there were also some concerns over delivering early learning in the private sector. 'Evidence suggests that learning around speaking and listening skills is weaker in the PVI sector than in the maintained.'
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