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EYFS REFORMS LEARN EXPLORE AND DEBATE

REGIONAL EVENTSJanuary 2020

Department for Education

Parentsrsquo environments are saturated with positive messaging to raise awareness and promote behaviour change

Face-to-face support intensive where needed is available to parents and children who need help to make and sustain change

Meeting our ambitions for childrenrsquos early language and literacy outcomes demands a relentless focus throughout a childrsquos early years

A childrsquos early language and literacy outcomes

are determined by

What happens at home (including the HLE)

The support the child and family receives from local

services

The quality and duration of their early education

Children experience high quality early education that pushes them to achieve

And public private and third sector leaders services and communities work collectively towards this objective with purpose coherence and ambition

To drive the change we want to see we must ensure that in every place

THE HOME LOCAL SERVICES EARLY YEARS SETTINGS

Early Social Mobility programme ndash progress to date

Campaign launched ndash first wave of activity over the summer second planned for spring

Educational apps quality marked by independent education panel

Over 1000 Health Visitors trained in speech language amp communication needs

22 Early Years speech and language local authorities peer reviews conducted by gt 150 trained peers

Programme delivery underway across 51 LAs

Consultation on EYFS reforms launched in October 2019

34 schools designation lsquoEnglish Hubsrsquo supporting 85 schools in their regions

Home Learning Environment trials- Tips By Text - BIT- Level 4 Group Triple P ndash Triple P- The Real Programme - NCB- Parent Lives + - Family Lives

Early years professional development trials- Manor Park Talks ndash Sheringham Nursery School- The Hanen programme ndash Communicate SLT- Early Years Toolbox ndash Action for Children- Reception Jigsaw ndash White Rose Maths- Maths Champions - NDNA

Our delivery partners

Speech language amp communication assessment tool being developed and tested by Newcastle Universty

httpseducationendowmentfoundationorgukprojects-and-evaluationprojects

wwwhungrylittlemindscampaigngovuk

VCS projects underway to support delivery

Building the evidence base

EYFS reforms Context and update

14

Two key objectives reducing teacher workload and improving outcomes-particularly in early language for children from disadvantaged backgrounds

bull Revising the Early Learning Goals so that they

- Focus on strengthening language and vocabulary development

- Strengthen literacy and numeracy outcomes at the end of reception year

- Better prepare children for Key Stage 1 ndash by better aligning with Year 1

- Are based on the latest evidence in childhood development ndash and the strongest predictors of future attainment

- Are clearer for teachers to interpret ndash making the EYFSP assessment more straightforward

bull Streamlining assessment guidance and reviewing the moderation process to

- Reduce teacher workload and strongly encourage teachers to use their professional judgement and reduce reliance on recording unnecessary evidence

- Make clear that the ELGs are not the curriculum ndash they are an end point measure of what a child should be demonstrating by the end of the EYFS

bull The draft revised ELGs and EYFSP handbook were piloted in 24 schools during academic year 201819

bull The EEF and NatCen published their findings from the evaluation of the pilot in October 2019

bull A full public consultation on our EYFS proposals on the ELGs educational programmes and assessment process was launched on 24 October 2019 and closes on 31 January 2020

bull Statutory roll out of the reforms are expected in AY 202122 with plans for voluntary opt-in for AY 202021

EYFS quick recap

15

The EYFS statutory framework is mandatory in all early years settings It sets the standards that schools and early years providers must meet to ensure that children are taught and develop well and are kept healthy and safe in all early years settings from birth to age 5

The EYFS was first introduced in 2008 In 2012 following an independent review of evidence and practice (the Tickell Report 20116) the learning and development requirements were revised to create three prime areas of learning and four specific areas of learning rather than the previous six areas of learning It also introduced three characteristics of effective teaching and learning

Sections 1 and 2 of the EYFS framework set out the learning and development and assessment requirements and include the educational programmes early years providers are required to follow across the seven areas of learning7 All early years practitioners and teachers are required to pursue rich daily activities in supporting each childrsquos educational development under these areas

The EYFS framework does not prescribe a particular teaching approach It recognises that effective teaching in the early years requires skilled use of a teaching practice repertoire which responds appropriately to the age and needs of the children being taught In recognition of this the revised EYFS framework will include the definition of teaching currently included in Ofstedrsquos Early Years Inspection Handbook

EYFS reforms Pilot evaluation findings

16

bull The draft revised ELGs and EYFSP handbook were piloted in 24 schools during the academic year of 201819

bull The pilot was led by the Education Endowment Foundation in partnership with Natcenand Action for Children It began in September 2018 and concluded in July 2019

bull The key aim of the pilot was to test the deliverability of the new ELGs and the overall EYFSP assessment process

bull The pilot included testing of the revised set of Early Learning Goals and educational programmes and a revised approach to assessment and moderation

bull Pilot schools were purposively selected from a randomly generated sample with a mix of characteristics including

- location

- number of pupils

- percentage of children eligible for free school meals

- Ofsted rating

Key Evaluation Findings

bull Participants viewed the revised ELGs positively overall they also made practical suggestions about improving the revised ELGs

bull Schools reported that their workload had reduced due to less expectation for assessment and evidence-gathering Staff reported using this extra time to spend with children

bull The revised ELGs by themselves were not felt to be sufficient teachers wanted supporting materials such as exemplification and curriculum guidance

bull There were mixed views about whether children would be better prepared for key stage 1 and whether the new ELGs were more or less challenging than before Follow-up research would be required to investigate this further

bull Teachers welcomed using their own judgement and felt empowered to do so However some felt that external moderation would still be important for ensuring consistency between schools and for gaining alternative perspectives

EYFS reforms Consultation

17

In Scope Out of Scope

bull Prime and Specific Areas of Learning- these terms will remain ndash as will the areas of learning sitting underneath All the areas of learning are inter-connected and complement one another

bull Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning will remain central to the EYFS ndash no changes proposed

bull Good Level of Development (GLD) metric

bull The progress check at age 2 is not being consulted on

bull The reception baseline assessment is not in scope of this consultation

bull Educational Programmes

bull Early Learning Goals

bull EYFSP statutory LA moderation

bull Exceeded judgement

bull Promotion of oral health- proposal to include lsquopromotionrsquo as part of wider safeguarding and welfare To note- this is not a proposal for mandatory tooth brushing supervision

EYFS Reforms LampD requirements

18

bull Proposed revisions to the educational programmes- each programme has been re-written to provide detail on the kinds of activities practitioners and teachers can deliver in settings and classrooms to support day to day curriculum and practice

bull Communication and language has been threaded through all areas given it underpins all seven areas of learning

bull Proposed revisions to the Early Learning Goals (ELGs)- includes more clarity and specificity to descriptors and key changes to

bull Communication and language focus on oral language and vocabulary acquisitionbull PSED new ELG on self-regulation and inclusion of self-carebull Physical Development focus on gross and fine motor skillsbull Literacy new ELG on comprehensionbull Maths focus on depth of number and understanding quantities and continue to focus on space shapes

and measure through curriculumbull Understanding the World more defined descriptors as precursors to science history and geography and

remove IT bull Expressive Arts and Design clearer descriptors and emphasis on communication and language

EYFS Reforms Changes to assessment

19

EYFSP moderationbull EYFSP assessments are currently externally moderated on a statutory basis by LAs 25 of schools bull While moderation is an important part of ensuring that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

practitioners have told us that the external moderation process can be burdensome

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the statutory requirement for LAs to externally moderate EYFSP judgements Schools would be expected to continue to moderate internally and with other settings to ensure consistency of judgements and that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

EYFSP judgement criteriabull We have heard from experts practitioners and teachers that the exceeded descriptor is unhelpful in making consistent

and accurate judgements - there are inherent challenges in what level to pitch exceeded descriptors and that judging children as exceeded against descriptors generates additional unnecessary collection of evidence for internal and external moderation events

bull There is also broad consensus that our focus as practitioners and government should be on efforts to increase the number of children who achieve expected levels of development by the end of reception

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the exceeded criteria from the EYFSP Teachers will still be required to stretch more able children and support them to excel and provide a narrative for parents and the year 1 teacher

EYFS Reforms Non- statutory curriculum guidance

20

Improve early years outcomes

Reducing Workload Burdens

Specific Reception Year guidance

In line with wider policy ambitions- to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children to narrow development gaps

Re-casting the focus on curriculum rather than assessment and providing a foundation for helping teachers and practitioners to plan settingclassroom activities

Making reception year count ndash by supporting teachers with specific curriculum guidance to ensure all children have strong foundations to begin Year 1 This will be part of the overall guidance document covering the whole EYFS age-range

Curriculum guidance is currently being developed through an update of the Development Matters non-statutory guidance - aims to focus practitioners and teachers on the importance of rich daily activities to improve outcomes and help reduce workload

Dr Julian Grenier is leading this work with us We aim to roll out the new curriculum guidance alongside the EYFS reforms

We have taken on board feedback from the pilot evaluation and will continue to engage with the sector key experts and assess the responses from the consultation to ensure that these important reforms are delivered by a prepared early years workforce We will

Develop new exemplification guidance for the new ELGs to support teachers in making consistent judgements at lsquoexpectedrsquo level and ease the burden of moderation

Develop new non-statutory curriculum guidance to support the workforce delivering rich daily activities to improve outcomes in early language development

Support volunteer early adopter schools and local authorities ndash particularly in setting out a clear message of the rationale and nature of the changes and ensure the sector is prepared for national roll-out in AY 2021

21

EYFS Reforms Supporting implementation

Thank you

To keep updated with policy developments sign up to the Foundation Years newsletter athttpsfoundationyearsorguk

Closing the inequalities gap in speech

language and communication

Why does SLC matter in the early years

Early language development and communication skills are recognised as a primary

indicator of child wellbeing due to the link between language and other social emotional

and learning outcomes

Educational

Attainment

1 in 4 children who struggled

with language at the age of 5

did not reach the expected

standard in English at the end

of primary school compared

with 1 in 25 children who had

good language skills aged 5

Social Emotional and Mental Health

Children with vocabulary difficulties at age 5

are 3 times more likely to have mental health

problems in adulthood and twice as likely to

be unemployed when they reach adulthood

81 of children with emotional and

behavioural disorders have unidentified

SLCN

Lifelong Impact

60 of young offenders have

low language skills

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202026 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Scale of the problem

Approximately 10 of children

and young people have long-

term SLCN which cause them

significant difficulties with

communication or learning in

everyday life

Children from socially disadvantaged

families are more than twice as likely

to be diagnosed with a SLCN Due to

social clustering more than 50of

children living in areas of high social

deprivation may start school with

SLCN

In 201718 824 of all children

reached a lsquogood level of development

in communication and language skillsrsquo

at age five compared to only 719 of

children who were eligible for free

school meals

7190 8240

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202027 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

28

Giving every child the best start in life

December 2017

The Department for Education published lsquoUnlocking

Talent Fulfilling Potential a plan for improving social

mobility through educationrsquo on 14 December 2017

which sets out the Governmentrsquos ambitions for the

wider education system making sure that great

education translates into great opportunities and jobs

for everyone

July 2018

ldquo28 - of children finish their reception year still

without the early communication and reading skills

they need to thrive Itrsquos not acceptable and tackling it

must be our shared priority My ambition is to cut that

number in half over the next ten yearsrdquo

ndash Damian Hinds Former Secretary of State for

Education

Ambition Close the word gap in the early years

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

PHEDfE Programme of Work

Delivery of evidenced-based HV TrainingTraining for health visitors on speech language and communication needs

To equip health visitors with additional skills and knowledge to support families in

promoting early language acquisition in the home learning environment to support

improved health and wellbeing outcomes including school readiness

Development of an early language identification measure to support clinical

decision-making

Development and piloting of measure in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough Derbyshire

Wiltshire and Newham

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

For services for children 0-5 years built on the best evidence and experience of

implementation in practice

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202029 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Delivery of evidenced-based HV Training

30

Objectives

To increase health visitors knowledge of

Typical non-typical speech language and communication

development in all children

The impact of speech language and communication needs

on long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for children

Application of evidence-based strategies to promote speech

language and communication development with all children

and families

To be confident and able to

Identify risk factors for speech language and communication

needs (SLCN) through assessment

Use evidence-based strategies to support families when a

SLCN is identified and consider methods to demonstrate

impact of the interventions

Identify SLCN appropriate for referral to speech and

language therapy and or evidenced-based support through

local pathways

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

31

This project is being carried out by Newcastle University

This measure is being developed and piloted in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough

Derbyshire Newham and Wiltshire

The following research questions have been identified

1 Does the ASQ identify children with SLCN in the 24-30 age range measured against a gold

standard language assessment using standard productivity figures (sensitivity and specificity

etc)

2 To what extent is it possible to enhance the accuracy of this process by introducing a second

stage identification process for SLCN

3 What is the acceptability of using the combined procedure from the practitioner and parental

perspective

4 Can the findings be readily transferred into accessible intervention resources acceptable to

both parents and professionals

Development of an early language identification measure (ELIM) to support clinical decision-making

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

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EYFS REFORMS LEARN EXPLORE AND DEBATE

REGIONAL EVENTSJanuary 2020

Department for Education

Parentsrsquo environments are saturated with positive messaging to raise awareness and promote behaviour change

Face-to-face support intensive where needed is available to parents and children who need help to make and sustain change

Meeting our ambitions for childrenrsquos early language and literacy outcomes demands a relentless focus throughout a childrsquos early years

A childrsquos early language and literacy outcomes

are determined by

What happens at home (including the HLE)

The support the child and family receives from local

services

The quality and duration of their early education

Children experience high quality early education that pushes them to achieve

And public private and third sector leaders services and communities work collectively towards this objective with purpose coherence and ambition

To drive the change we want to see we must ensure that in every place

THE HOME LOCAL SERVICES EARLY YEARS SETTINGS

Early Social Mobility programme ndash progress to date

Campaign launched ndash first wave of activity over the summer second planned for spring

Educational apps quality marked by independent education panel

Over 1000 Health Visitors trained in speech language amp communication needs

22 Early Years speech and language local authorities peer reviews conducted by gt 150 trained peers

Programme delivery underway across 51 LAs

Consultation on EYFS reforms launched in October 2019

34 schools designation lsquoEnglish Hubsrsquo supporting 85 schools in their regions

Home Learning Environment trials- Tips By Text - BIT- Level 4 Group Triple P ndash Triple P- The Real Programme - NCB- Parent Lives + - Family Lives

Early years professional development trials- Manor Park Talks ndash Sheringham Nursery School- The Hanen programme ndash Communicate SLT- Early Years Toolbox ndash Action for Children- Reception Jigsaw ndash White Rose Maths- Maths Champions - NDNA

Our delivery partners

Speech language amp communication assessment tool being developed and tested by Newcastle Universty

httpseducationendowmentfoundationorgukprojects-and-evaluationprojects

wwwhungrylittlemindscampaigngovuk

VCS projects underway to support delivery

Building the evidence base

EYFS reforms Context and update

14

Two key objectives reducing teacher workload and improving outcomes-particularly in early language for children from disadvantaged backgrounds

bull Revising the Early Learning Goals so that they

- Focus on strengthening language and vocabulary development

- Strengthen literacy and numeracy outcomes at the end of reception year

- Better prepare children for Key Stage 1 ndash by better aligning with Year 1

- Are based on the latest evidence in childhood development ndash and the strongest predictors of future attainment

- Are clearer for teachers to interpret ndash making the EYFSP assessment more straightforward

bull Streamlining assessment guidance and reviewing the moderation process to

- Reduce teacher workload and strongly encourage teachers to use their professional judgement and reduce reliance on recording unnecessary evidence

- Make clear that the ELGs are not the curriculum ndash they are an end point measure of what a child should be demonstrating by the end of the EYFS

bull The draft revised ELGs and EYFSP handbook were piloted in 24 schools during academic year 201819

bull The EEF and NatCen published their findings from the evaluation of the pilot in October 2019

bull A full public consultation on our EYFS proposals on the ELGs educational programmes and assessment process was launched on 24 October 2019 and closes on 31 January 2020

bull Statutory roll out of the reforms are expected in AY 202122 with plans for voluntary opt-in for AY 202021

EYFS quick recap

15

The EYFS statutory framework is mandatory in all early years settings It sets the standards that schools and early years providers must meet to ensure that children are taught and develop well and are kept healthy and safe in all early years settings from birth to age 5

The EYFS was first introduced in 2008 In 2012 following an independent review of evidence and practice (the Tickell Report 20116) the learning and development requirements were revised to create three prime areas of learning and four specific areas of learning rather than the previous six areas of learning It also introduced three characteristics of effective teaching and learning

Sections 1 and 2 of the EYFS framework set out the learning and development and assessment requirements and include the educational programmes early years providers are required to follow across the seven areas of learning7 All early years practitioners and teachers are required to pursue rich daily activities in supporting each childrsquos educational development under these areas

The EYFS framework does not prescribe a particular teaching approach It recognises that effective teaching in the early years requires skilled use of a teaching practice repertoire which responds appropriately to the age and needs of the children being taught In recognition of this the revised EYFS framework will include the definition of teaching currently included in Ofstedrsquos Early Years Inspection Handbook

EYFS reforms Pilot evaluation findings

16

bull The draft revised ELGs and EYFSP handbook were piloted in 24 schools during the academic year of 201819

bull The pilot was led by the Education Endowment Foundation in partnership with Natcenand Action for Children It began in September 2018 and concluded in July 2019

bull The key aim of the pilot was to test the deliverability of the new ELGs and the overall EYFSP assessment process

bull The pilot included testing of the revised set of Early Learning Goals and educational programmes and a revised approach to assessment and moderation

bull Pilot schools were purposively selected from a randomly generated sample with a mix of characteristics including

- location

- number of pupils

- percentage of children eligible for free school meals

- Ofsted rating

Key Evaluation Findings

bull Participants viewed the revised ELGs positively overall they also made practical suggestions about improving the revised ELGs

bull Schools reported that their workload had reduced due to less expectation for assessment and evidence-gathering Staff reported using this extra time to spend with children

bull The revised ELGs by themselves were not felt to be sufficient teachers wanted supporting materials such as exemplification and curriculum guidance

bull There were mixed views about whether children would be better prepared for key stage 1 and whether the new ELGs were more or less challenging than before Follow-up research would be required to investigate this further

bull Teachers welcomed using their own judgement and felt empowered to do so However some felt that external moderation would still be important for ensuring consistency between schools and for gaining alternative perspectives

EYFS reforms Consultation

17

In Scope Out of Scope

bull Prime and Specific Areas of Learning- these terms will remain ndash as will the areas of learning sitting underneath All the areas of learning are inter-connected and complement one another

bull Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning will remain central to the EYFS ndash no changes proposed

bull Good Level of Development (GLD) metric

bull The progress check at age 2 is not being consulted on

bull The reception baseline assessment is not in scope of this consultation

bull Educational Programmes

bull Early Learning Goals

bull EYFSP statutory LA moderation

bull Exceeded judgement

bull Promotion of oral health- proposal to include lsquopromotionrsquo as part of wider safeguarding and welfare To note- this is not a proposal for mandatory tooth brushing supervision

EYFS Reforms LampD requirements

18

bull Proposed revisions to the educational programmes- each programme has been re-written to provide detail on the kinds of activities practitioners and teachers can deliver in settings and classrooms to support day to day curriculum and practice

bull Communication and language has been threaded through all areas given it underpins all seven areas of learning

bull Proposed revisions to the Early Learning Goals (ELGs)- includes more clarity and specificity to descriptors and key changes to

bull Communication and language focus on oral language and vocabulary acquisitionbull PSED new ELG on self-regulation and inclusion of self-carebull Physical Development focus on gross and fine motor skillsbull Literacy new ELG on comprehensionbull Maths focus on depth of number and understanding quantities and continue to focus on space shapes

and measure through curriculumbull Understanding the World more defined descriptors as precursors to science history and geography and

remove IT bull Expressive Arts and Design clearer descriptors and emphasis on communication and language

EYFS Reforms Changes to assessment

19

EYFSP moderationbull EYFSP assessments are currently externally moderated on a statutory basis by LAs 25 of schools bull While moderation is an important part of ensuring that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

practitioners have told us that the external moderation process can be burdensome

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the statutory requirement for LAs to externally moderate EYFSP judgements Schools would be expected to continue to moderate internally and with other settings to ensure consistency of judgements and that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

EYFSP judgement criteriabull We have heard from experts practitioners and teachers that the exceeded descriptor is unhelpful in making consistent

and accurate judgements - there are inherent challenges in what level to pitch exceeded descriptors and that judging children as exceeded against descriptors generates additional unnecessary collection of evidence for internal and external moderation events

bull There is also broad consensus that our focus as practitioners and government should be on efforts to increase the number of children who achieve expected levels of development by the end of reception

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the exceeded criteria from the EYFSP Teachers will still be required to stretch more able children and support them to excel and provide a narrative for parents and the year 1 teacher

EYFS Reforms Non- statutory curriculum guidance

20

Improve early years outcomes

Reducing Workload Burdens

Specific Reception Year guidance

In line with wider policy ambitions- to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children to narrow development gaps

Re-casting the focus on curriculum rather than assessment and providing a foundation for helping teachers and practitioners to plan settingclassroom activities

Making reception year count ndash by supporting teachers with specific curriculum guidance to ensure all children have strong foundations to begin Year 1 This will be part of the overall guidance document covering the whole EYFS age-range

Curriculum guidance is currently being developed through an update of the Development Matters non-statutory guidance - aims to focus practitioners and teachers on the importance of rich daily activities to improve outcomes and help reduce workload

Dr Julian Grenier is leading this work with us We aim to roll out the new curriculum guidance alongside the EYFS reforms

We have taken on board feedback from the pilot evaluation and will continue to engage with the sector key experts and assess the responses from the consultation to ensure that these important reforms are delivered by a prepared early years workforce We will

Develop new exemplification guidance for the new ELGs to support teachers in making consistent judgements at lsquoexpectedrsquo level and ease the burden of moderation

Develop new non-statutory curriculum guidance to support the workforce delivering rich daily activities to improve outcomes in early language development

Support volunteer early adopter schools and local authorities ndash particularly in setting out a clear message of the rationale and nature of the changes and ensure the sector is prepared for national roll-out in AY 2021

21

EYFS Reforms Supporting implementation

Thank you

To keep updated with policy developments sign up to the Foundation Years newsletter athttpsfoundationyearsorguk

Closing the inequalities gap in speech

language and communication

Why does SLC matter in the early years

Early language development and communication skills are recognised as a primary

indicator of child wellbeing due to the link between language and other social emotional

and learning outcomes

Educational

Attainment

1 in 4 children who struggled

with language at the age of 5

did not reach the expected

standard in English at the end

of primary school compared

with 1 in 25 children who had

good language skills aged 5

Social Emotional and Mental Health

Children with vocabulary difficulties at age 5

are 3 times more likely to have mental health

problems in adulthood and twice as likely to

be unemployed when they reach adulthood

81 of children with emotional and

behavioural disorders have unidentified

SLCN

Lifelong Impact

60 of young offenders have

low language skills

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202026 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Scale of the problem

Approximately 10 of children

and young people have long-

term SLCN which cause them

significant difficulties with

communication or learning in

everyday life

Children from socially disadvantaged

families are more than twice as likely

to be diagnosed with a SLCN Due to

social clustering more than 50of

children living in areas of high social

deprivation may start school with

SLCN

In 201718 824 of all children

reached a lsquogood level of development

in communication and language skillsrsquo

at age five compared to only 719 of

children who were eligible for free

school meals

7190 8240

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202027 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

28

Giving every child the best start in life

December 2017

The Department for Education published lsquoUnlocking

Talent Fulfilling Potential a plan for improving social

mobility through educationrsquo on 14 December 2017

which sets out the Governmentrsquos ambitions for the

wider education system making sure that great

education translates into great opportunities and jobs

for everyone

July 2018

ldquo28 - of children finish their reception year still

without the early communication and reading skills

they need to thrive Itrsquos not acceptable and tackling it

must be our shared priority My ambition is to cut that

number in half over the next ten yearsrdquo

ndash Damian Hinds Former Secretary of State for

Education

Ambition Close the word gap in the early years

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

PHEDfE Programme of Work

Delivery of evidenced-based HV TrainingTraining for health visitors on speech language and communication needs

To equip health visitors with additional skills and knowledge to support families in

promoting early language acquisition in the home learning environment to support

improved health and wellbeing outcomes including school readiness

Development of an early language identification measure to support clinical

decision-making

Development and piloting of measure in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough Derbyshire

Wiltshire and Newham

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

For services for children 0-5 years built on the best evidence and experience of

implementation in practice

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202029 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Delivery of evidenced-based HV Training

30

Objectives

To increase health visitors knowledge of

Typical non-typical speech language and communication

development in all children

The impact of speech language and communication needs

on long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for children

Application of evidence-based strategies to promote speech

language and communication development with all children

and families

To be confident and able to

Identify risk factors for speech language and communication

needs (SLCN) through assessment

Use evidence-based strategies to support families when a

SLCN is identified and consider methods to demonstrate

impact of the interventions

Identify SLCN appropriate for referral to speech and

language therapy and or evidenced-based support through

local pathways

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

31

This project is being carried out by Newcastle University

This measure is being developed and piloted in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough

Derbyshire Newham and Wiltshire

The following research questions have been identified

1 Does the ASQ identify children with SLCN in the 24-30 age range measured against a gold

standard language assessment using standard productivity figures (sensitivity and specificity

etc)

2 To what extent is it possible to enhance the accuracy of this process by introducing a second

stage identification process for SLCN

3 What is the acceptability of using the combined procedure from the practitioner and parental

perspective

4 Can the findings be readily transferred into accessible intervention resources acceptable to

both parents and professionals

Development of an early language identification measure (ELIM) to support clinical decision-making

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

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bull

Page 3: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

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EYFS REFORMS LEARN EXPLORE AND DEBATE

REGIONAL EVENTSJanuary 2020

Department for Education

Parentsrsquo environments are saturated with positive messaging to raise awareness and promote behaviour change

Face-to-face support intensive where needed is available to parents and children who need help to make and sustain change

Meeting our ambitions for childrenrsquos early language and literacy outcomes demands a relentless focus throughout a childrsquos early years

A childrsquos early language and literacy outcomes

are determined by

What happens at home (including the HLE)

The support the child and family receives from local

services

The quality and duration of their early education

Children experience high quality early education that pushes them to achieve

And public private and third sector leaders services and communities work collectively towards this objective with purpose coherence and ambition

To drive the change we want to see we must ensure that in every place

THE HOME LOCAL SERVICES EARLY YEARS SETTINGS

Early Social Mobility programme ndash progress to date

Campaign launched ndash first wave of activity over the summer second planned for spring

Educational apps quality marked by independent education panel

Over 1000 Health Visitors trained in speech language amp communication needs

22 Early Years speech and language local authorities peer reviews conducted by gt 150 trained peers

Programme delivery underway across 51 LAs

Consultation on EYFS reforms launched in October 2019

34 schools designation lsquoEnglish Hubsrsquo supporting 85 schools in their regions

Home Learning Environment trials- Tips By Text - BIT- Level 4 Group Triple P ndash Triple P- The Real Programme - NCB- Parent Lives + - Family Lives

Early years professional development trials- Manor Park Talks ndash Sheringham Nursery School- The Hanen programme ndash Communicate SLT- Early Years Toolbox ndash Action for Children- Reception Jigsaw ndash White Rose Maths- Maths Champions - NDNA

Our delivery partners

Speech language amp communication assessment tool being developed and tested by Newcastle Universty

httpseducationendowmentfoundationorgukprojects-and-evaluationprojects

wwwhungrylittlemindscampaigngovuk

VCS projects underway to support delivery

Building the evidence base

EYFS reforms Context and update

14

Two key objectives reducing teacher workload and improving outcomes-particularly in early language for children from disadvantaged backgrounds

bull Revising the Early Learning Goals so that they

- Focus on strengthening language and vocabulary development

- Strengthen literacy and numeracy outcomes at the end of reception year

- Better prepare children for Key Stage 1 ndash by better aligning with Year 1

- Are based on the latest evidence in childhood development ndash and the strongest predictors of future attainment

- Are clearer for teachers to interpret ndash making the EYFSP assessment more straightforward

bull Streamlining assessment guidance and reviewing the moderation process to

- Reduce teacher workload and strongly encourage teachers to use their professional judgement and reduce reliance on recording unnecessary evidence

- Make clear that the ELGs are not the curriculum ndash they are an end point measure of what a child should be demonstrating by the end of the EYFS

bull The draft revised ELGs and EYFSP handbook were piloted in 24 schools during academic year 201819

bull The EEF and NatCen published their findings from the evaluation of the pilot in October 2019

bull A full public consultation on our EYFS proposals on the ELGs educational programmes and assessment process was launched on 24 October 2019 and closes on 31 January 2020

bull Statutory roll out of the reforms are expected in AY 202122 with plans for voluntary opt-in for AY 202021

EYFS quick recap

15

The EYFS statutory framework is mandatory in all early years settings It sets the standards that schools and early years providers must meet to ensure that children are taught and develop well and are kept healthy and safe in all early years settings from birth to age 5

The EYFS was first introduced in 2008 In 2012 following an independent review of evidence and practice (the Tickell Report 20116) the learning and development requirements were revised to create three prime areas of learning and four specific areas of learning rather than the previous six areas of learning It also introduced three characteristics of effective teaching and learning

Sections 1 and 2 of the EYFS framework set out the learning and development and assessment requirements and include the educational programmes early years providers are required to follow across the seven areas of learning7 All early years practitioners and teachers are required to pursue rich daily activities in supporting each childrsquos educational development under these areas

The EYFS framework does not prescribe a particular teaching approach It recognises that effective teaching in the early years requires skilled use of a teaching practice repertoire which responds appropriately to the age and needs of the children being taught In recognition of this the revised EYFS framework will include the definition of teaching currently included in Ofstedrsquos Early Years Inspection Handbook

EYFS reforms Pilot evaluation findings

16

bull The draft revised ELGs and EYFSP handbook were piloted in 24 schools during the academic year of 201819

bull The pilot was led by the Education Endowment Foundation in partnership with Natcenand Action for Children It began in September 2018 and concluded in July 2019

bull The key aim of the pilot was to test the deliverability of the new ELGs and the overall EYFSP assessment process

bull The pilot included testing of the revised set of Early Learning Goals and educational programmes and a revised approach to assessment and moderation

bull Pilot schools were purposively selected from a randomly generated sample with a mix of characteristics including

- location

- number of pupils

- percentage of children eligible for free school meals

- Ofsted rating

Key Evaluation Findings

bull Participants viewed the revised ELGs positively overall they also made practical suggestions about improving the revised ELGs

bull Schools reported that their workload had reduced due to less expectation for assessment and evidence-gathering Staff reported using this extra time to spend with children

bull The revised ELGs by themselves were not felt to be sufficient teachers wanted supporting materials such as exemplification and curriculum guidance

bull There were mixed views about whether children would be better prepared for key stage 1 and whether the new ELGs were more or less challenging than before Follow-up research would be required to investigate this further

bull Teachers welcomed using their own judgement and felt empowered to do so However some felt that external moderation would still be important for ensuring consistency between schools and for gaining alternative perspectives

EYFS reforms Consultation

17

In Scope Out of Scope

bull Prime and Specific Areas of Learning- these terms will remain ndash as will the areas of learning sitting underneath All the areas of learning are inter-connected and complement one another

bull Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning will remain central to the EYFS ndash no changes proposed

bull Good Level of Development (GLD) metric

bull The progress check at age 2 is not being consulted on

bull The reception baseline assessment is not in scope of this consultation

bull Educational Programmes

bull Early Learning Goals

bull EYFSP statutory LA moderation

bull Exceeded judgement

bull Promotion of oral health- proposal to include lsquopromotionrsquo as part of wider safeguarding and welfare To note- this is not a proposal for mandatory tooth brushing supervision

EYFS Reforms LampD requirements

18

bull Proposed revisions to the educational programmes- each programme has been re-written to provide detail on the kinds of activities practitioners and teachers can deliver in settings and classrooms to support day to day curriculum and practice

bull Communication and language has been threaded through all areas given it underpins all seven areas of learning

bull Proposed revisions to the Early Learning Goals (ELGs)- includes more clarity and specificity to descriptors and key changes to

bull Communication and language focus on oral language and vocabulary acquisitionbull PSED new ELG on self-regulation and inclusion of self-carebull Physical Development focus on gross and fine motor skillsbull Literacy new ELG on comprehensionbull Maths focus on depth of number and understanding quantities and continue to focus on space shapes

and measure through curriculumbull Understanding the World more defined descriptors as precursors to science history and geography and

remove IT bull Expressive Arts and Design clearer descriptors and emphasis on communication and language

EYFS Reforms Changes to assessment

19

EYFSP moderationbull EYFSP assessments are currently externally moderated on a statutory basis by LAs 25 of schools bull While moderation is an important part of ensuring that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

practitioners have told us that the external moderation process can be burdensome

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the statutory requirement for LAs to externally moderate EYFSP judgements Schools would be expected to continue to moderate internally and with other settings to ensure consistency of judgements and that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

EYFSP judgement criteriabull We have heard from experts practitioners and teachers that the exceeded descriptor is unhelpful in making consistent

and accurate judgements - there are inherent challenges in what level to pitch exceeded descriptors and that judging children as exceeded against descriptors generates additional unnecessary collection of evidence for internal and external moderation events

bull There is also broad consensus that our focus as practitioners and government should be on efforts to increase the number of children who achieve expected levels of development by the end of reception

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the exceeded criteria from the EYFSP Teachers will still be required to stretch more able children and support them to excel and provide a narrative for parents and the year 1 teacher

EYFS Reforms Non- statutory curriculum guidance

20

Improve early years outcomes

Reducing Workload Burdens

Specific Reception Year guidance

In line with wider policy ambitions- to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children to narrow development gaps

Re-casting the focus on curriculum rather than assessment and providing a foundation for helping teachers and practitioners to plan settingclassroom activities

Making reception year count ndash by supporting teachers with specific curriculum guidance to ensure all children have strong foundations to begin Year 1 This will be part of the overall guidance document covering the whole EYFS age-range

Curriculum guidance is currently being developed through an update of the Development Matters non-statutory guidance - aims to focus practitioners and teachers on the importance of rich daily activities to improve outcomes and help reduce workload

Dr Julian Grenier is leading this work with us We aim to roll out the new curriculum guidance alongside the EYFS reforms

We have taken on board feedback from the pilot evaluation and will continue to engage with the sector key experts and assess the responses from the consultation to ensure that these important reforms are delivered by a prepared early years workforce We will

Develop new exemplification guidance for the new ELGs to support teachers in making consistent judgements at lsquoexpectedrsquo level and ease the burden of moderation

Develop new non-statutory curriculum guidance to support the workforce delivering rich daily activities to improve outcomes in early language development

Support volunteer early adopter schools and local authorities ndash particularly in setting out a clear message of the rationale and nature of the changes and ensure the sector is prepared for national roll-out in AY 2021

21

EYFS Reforms Supporting implementation

Thank you

To keep updated with policy developments sign up to the Foundation Years newsletter athttpsfoundationyearsorguk

Closing the inequalities gap in speech

language and communication

Why does SLC matter in the early years

Early language development and communication skills are recognised as a primary

indicator of child wellbeing due to the link between language and other social emotional

and learning outcomes

Educational

Attainment

1 in 4 children who struggled

with language at the age of 5

did not reach the expected

standard in English at the end

of primary school compared

with 1 in 25 children who had

good language skills aged 5

Social Emotional and Mental Health

Children with vocabulary difficulties at age 5

are 3 times more likely to have mental health

problems in adulthood and twice as likely to

be unemployed when they reach adulthood

81 of children with emotional and

behavioural disorders have unidentified

SLCN

Lifelong Impact

60 of young offenders have

low language skills

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202026 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Scale of the problem

Approximately 10 of children

and young people have long-

term SLCN which cause them

significant difficulties with

communication or learning in

everyday life

Children from socially disadvantaged

families are more than twice as likely

to be diagnosed with a SLCN Due to

social clustering more than 50of

children living in areas of high social

deprivation may start school with

SLCN

In 201718 824 of all children

reached a lsquogood level of development

in communication and language skillsrsquo

at age five compared to only 719 of

children who were eligible for free

school meals

7190 8240

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202027 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

28

Giving every child the best start in life

December 2017

The Department for Education published lsquoUnlocking

Talent Fulfilling Potential a plan for improving social

mobility through educationrsquo on 14 December 2017

which sets out the Governmentrsquos ambitions for the

wider education system making sure that great

education translates into great opportunities and jobs

for everyone

July 2018

ldquo28 - of children finish their reception year still

without the early communication and reading skills

they need to thrive Itrsquos not acceptable and tackling it

must be our shared priority My ambition is to cut that

number in half over the next ten yearsrdquo

ndash Damian Hinds Former Secretary of State for

Education

Ambition Close the word gap in the early years

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

PHEDfE Programme of Work

Delivery of evidenced-based HV TrainingTraining for health visitors on speech language and communication needs

To equip health visitors with additional skills and knowledge to support families in

promoting early language acquisition in the home learning environment to support

improved health and wellbeing outcomes including school readiness

Development of an early language identification measure to support clinical

decision-making

Development and piloting of measure in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough Derbyshire

Wiltshire and Newham

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

For services for children 0-5 years built on the best evidence and experience of

implementation in practice

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202029 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Delivery of evidenced-based HV Training

30

Objectives

To increase health visitors knowledge of

Typical non-typical speech language and communication

development in all children

The impact of speech language and communication needs

on long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for children

Application of evidence-based strategies to promote speech

language and communication development with all children

and families

To be confident and able to

Identify risk factors for speech language and communication

needs (SLCN) through assessment

Use evidence-based strategies to support families when a

SLCN is identified and consider methods to demonstrate

impact of the interventions

Identify SLCN appropriate for referral to speech and

language therapy and or evidenced-based support through

local pathways

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

31

This project is being carried out by Newcastle University

This measure is being developed and piloted in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough

Derbyshire Newham and Wiltshire

The following research questions have been identified

1 Does the ASQ identify children with SLCN in the 24-30 age range measured against a gold

standard language assessment using standard productivity figures (sensitivity and specificity

etc)

2 To what extent is it possible to enhance the accuracy of this process by introducing a second

stage identification process for SLCN

3 What is the acceptability of using the combined procedure from the practitioner and parental

perspective

4 Can the findings be readily transferred into accessible intervention resources acceptable to

both parents and professionals

Development of an early language identification measure (ELIM) to support clinical decision-making

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

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bull

Page 4: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

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EYFS REFORMS LEARN EXPLORE AND DEBATE

REGIONAL EVENTSJanuary 2020

Department for Education

Parentsrsquo environments are saturated with positive messaging to raise awareness and promote behaviour change

Face-to-face support intensive where needed is available to parents and children who need help to make and sustain change

Meeting our ambitions for childrenrsquos early language and literacy outcomes demands a relentless focus throughout a childrsquos early years

A childrsquos early language and literacy outcomes

are determined by

What happens at home (including the HLE)

The support the child and family receives from local

services

The quality and duration of their early education

Children experience high quality early education that pushes them to achieve

And public private and third sector leaders services and communities work collectively towards this objective with purpose coherence and ambition

To drive the change we want to see we must ensure that in every place

THE HOME LOCAL SERVICES EARLY YEARS SETTINGS

Early Social Mobility programme ndash progress to date

Campaign launched ndash first wave of activity over the summer second planned for spring

Educational apps quality marked by independent education panel

Over 1000 Health Visitors trained in speech language amp communication needs

22 Early Years speech and language local authorities peer reviews conducted by gt 150 trained peers

Programme delivery underway across 51 LAs

Consultation on EYFS reforms launched in October 2019

34 schools designation lsquoEnglish Hubsrsquo supporting 85 schools in their regions

Home Learning Environment trials- Tips By Text - BIT- Level 4 Group Triple P ndash Triple P- The Real Programme - NCB- Parent Lives + - Family Lives

Early years professional development trials- Manor Park Talks ndash Sheringham Nursery School- The Hanen programme ndash Communicate SLT- Early Years Toolbox ndash Action for Children- Reception Jigsaw ndash White Rose Maths- Maths Champions - NDNA

Our delivery partners

Speech language amp communication assessment tool being developed and tested by Newcastle Universty

httpseducationendowmentfoundationorgukprojects-and-evaluationprojects

wwwhungrylittlemindscampaigngovuk

VCS projects underway to support delivery

Building the evidence base

EYFS reforms Context and update

14

Two key objectives reducing teacher workload and improving outcomes-particularly in early language for children from disadvantaged backgrounds

bull Revising the Early Learning Goals so that they

- Focus on strengthening language and vocabulary development

- Strengthen literacy and numeracy outcomes at the end of reception year

- Better prepare children for Key Stage 1 ndash by better aligning with Year 1

- Are based on the latest evidence in childhood development ndash and the strongest predictors of future attainment

- Are clearer for teachers to interpret ndash making the EYFSP assessment more straightforward

bull Streamlining assessment guidance and reviewing the moderation process to

- Reduce teacher workload and strongly encourage teachers to use their professional judgement and reduce reliance on recording unnecessary evidence

- Make clear that the ELGs are not the curriculum ndash they are an end point measure of what a child should be demonstrating by the end of the EYFS

bull The draft revised ELGs and EYFSP handbook were piloted in 24 schools during academic year 201819

bull The EEF and NatCen published their findings from the evaluation of the pilot in October 2019

bull A full public consultation on our EYFS proposals on the ELGs educational programmes and assessment process was launched on 24 October 2019 and closes on 31 January 2020

bull Statutory roll out of the reforms are expected in AY 202122 with plans for voluntary opt-in for AY 202021

EYFS quick recap

15

The EYFS statutory framework is mandatory in all early years settings It sets the standards that schools and early years providers must meet to ensure that children are taught and develop well and are kept healthy and safe in all early years settings from birth to age 5

The EYFS was first introduced in 2008 In 2012 following an independent review of evidence and practice (the Tickell Report 20116) the learning and development requirements were revised to create three prime areas of learning and four specific areas of learning rather than the previous six areas of learning It also introduced three characteristics of effective teaching and learning

Sections 1 and 2 of the EYFS framework set out the learning and development and assessment requirements and include the educational programmes early years providers are required to follow across the seven areas of learning7 All early years practitioners and teachers are required to pursue rich daily activities in supporting each childrsquos educational development under these areas

The EYFS framework does not prescribe a particular teaching approach It recognises that effective teaching in the early years requires skilled use of a teaching practice repertoire which responds appropriately to the age and needs of the children being taught In recognition of this the revised EYFS framework will include the definition of teaching currently included in Ofstedrsquos Early Years Inspection Handbook

EYFS reforms Pilot evaluation findings

16

bull The draft revised ELGs and EYFSP handbook were piloted in 24 schools during the academic year of 201819

bull The pilot was led by the Education Endowment Foundation in partnership with Natcenand Action for Children It began in September 2018 and concluded in July 2019

bull The key aim of the pilot was to test the deliverability of the new ELGs and the overall EYFSP assessment process

bull The pilot included testing of the revised set of Early Learning Goals and educational programmes and a revised approach to assessment and moderation

bull Pilot schools were purposively selected from a randomly generated sample with a mix of characteristics including

- location

- number of pupils

- percentage of children eligible for free school meals

- Ofsted rating

Key Evaluation Findings

bull Participants viewed the revised ELGs positively overall they also made practical suggestions about improving the revised ELGs

bull Schools reported that their workload had reduced due to less expectation for assessment and evidence-gathering Staff reported using this extra time to spend with children

bull The revised ELGs by themselves were not felt to be sufficient teachers wanted supporting materials such as exemplification and curriculum guidance

bull There were mixed views about whether children would be better prepared for key stage 1 and whether the new ELGs were more or less challenging than before Follow-up research would be required to investigate this further

bull Teachers welcomed using their own judgement and felt empowered to do so However some felt that external moderation would still be important for ensuring consistency between schools and for gaining alternative perspectives

EYFS reforms Consultation

17

In Scope Out of Scope

bull Prime and Specific Areas of Learning- these terms will remain ndash as will the areas of learning sitting underneath All the areas of learning are inter-connected and complement one another

bull Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning will remain central to the EYFS ndash no changes proposed

bull Good Level of Development (GLD) metric

bull The progress check at age 2 is not being consulted on

bull The reception baseline assessment is not in scope of this consultation

bull Educational Programmes

bull Early Learning Goals

bull EYFSP statutory LA moderation

bull Exceeded judgement

bull Promotion of oral health- proposal to include lsquopromotionrsquo as part of wider safeguarding and welfare To note- this is not a proposal for mandatory tooth brushing supervision

EYFS Reforms LampD requirements

18

bull Proposed revisions to the educational programmes- each programme has been re-written to provide detail on the kinds of activities practitioners and teachers can deliver in settings and classrooms to support day to day curriculum and practice

bull Communication and language has been threaded through all areas given it underpins all seven areas of learning

bull Proposed revisions to the Early Learning Goals (ELGs)- includes more clarity and specificity to descriptors and key changes to

bull Communication and language focus on oral language and vocabulary acquisitionbull PSED new ELG on self-regulation and inclusion of self-carebull Physical Development focus on gross and fine motor skillsbull Literacy new ELG on comprehensionbull Maths focus on depth of number and understanding quantities and continue to focus on space shapes

and measure through curriculumbull Understanding the World more defined descriptors as precursors to science history and geography and

remove IT bull Expressive Arts and Design clearer descriptors and emphasis on communication and language

EYFS Reforms Changes to assessment

19

EYFSP moderationbull EYFSP assessments are currently externally moderated on a statutory basis by LAs 25 of schools bull While moderation is an important part of ensuring that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

practitioners have told us that the external moderation process can be burdensome

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the statutory requirement for LAs to externally moderate EYFSP judgements Schools would be expected to continue to moderate internally and with other settings to ensure consistency of judgements and that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

EYFSP judgement criteriabull We have heard from experts practitioners and teachers that the exceeded descriptor is unhelpful in making consistent

and accurate judgements - there are inherent challenges in what level to pitch exceeded descriptors and that judging children as exceeded against descriptors generates additional unnecessary collection of evidence for internal and external moderation events

bull There is also broad consensus that our focus as practitioners and government should be on efforts to increase the number of children who achieve expected levels of development by the end of reception

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the exceeded criteria from the EYFSP Teachers will still be required to stretch more able children and support them to excel and provide a narrative for parents and the year 1 teacher

EYFS Reforms Non- statutory curriculum guidance

20

Improve early years outcomes

Reducing Workload Burdens

Specific Reception Year guidance

In line with wider policy ambitions- to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children to narrow development gaps

Re-casting the focus on curriculum rather than assessment and providing a foundation for helping teachers and practitioners to plan settingclassroom activities

Making reception year count ndash by supporting teachers with specific curriculum guidance to ensure all children have strong foundations to begin Year 1 This will be part of the overall guidance document covering the whole EYFS age-range

Curriculum guidance is currently being developed through an update of the Development Matters non-statutory guidance - aims to focus practitioners and teachers on the importance of rich daily activities to improve outcomes and help reduce workload

Dr Julian Grenier is leading this work with us We aim to roll out the new curriculum guidance alongside the EYFS reforms

We have taken on board feedback from the pilot evaluation and will continue to engage with the sector key experts and assess the responses from the consultation to ensure that these important reforms are delivered by a prepared early years workforce We will

Develop new exemplification guidance for the new ELGs to support teachers in making consistent judgements at lsquoexpectedrsquo level and ease the burden of moderation

Develop new non-statutory curriculum guidance to support the workforce delivering rich daily activities to improve outcomes in early language development

Support volunteer early adopter schools and local authorities ndash particularly in setting out a clear message of the rationale and nature of the changes and ensure the sector is prepared for national roll-out in AY 2021

21

EYFS Reforms Supporting implementation

Thank you

To keep updated with policy developments sign up to the Foundation Years newsletter athttpsfoundationyearsorguk

Closing the inequalities gap in speech

language and communication

Why does SLC matter in the early years

Early language development and communication skills are recognised as a primary

indicator of child wellbeing due to the link between language and other social emotional

and learning outcomes

Educational

Attainment

1 in 4 children who struggled

with language at the age of 5

did not reach the expected

standard in English at the end

of primary school compared

with 1 in 25 children who had

good language skills aged 5

Social Emotional and Mental Health

Children with vocabulary difficulties at age 5

are 3 times more likely to have mental health

problems in adulthood and twice as likely to

be unemployed when they reach adulthood

81 of children with emotional and

behavioural disorders have unidentified

SLCN

Lifelong Impact

60 of young offenders have

low language skills

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202026 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Scale of the problem

Approximately 10 of children

and young people have long-

term SLCN which cause them

significant difficulties with

communication or learning in

everyday life

Children from socially disadvantaged

families are more than twice as likely

to be diagnosed with a SLCN Due to

social clustering more than 50of

children living in areas of high social

deprivation may start school with

SLCN

In 201718 824 of all children

reached a lsquogood level of development

in communication and language skillsrsquo

at age five compared to only 719 of

children who were eligible for free

school meals

7190 8240

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202027 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

28

Giving every child the best start in life

December 2017

The Department for Education published lsquoUnlocking

Talent Fulfilling Potential a plan for improving social

mobility through educationrsquo on 14 December 2017

which sets out the Governmentrsquos ambitions for the

wider education system making sure that great

education translates into great opportunities and jobs

for everyone

July 2018

ldquo28 - of children finish their reception year still

without the early communication and reading skills

they need to thrive Itrsquos not acceptable and tackling it

must be our shared priority My ambition is to cut that

number in half over the next ten yearsrdquo

ndash Damian Hinds Former Secretary of State for

Education

Ambition Close the word gap in the early years

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

PHEDfE Programme of Work

Delivery of evidenced-based HV TrainingTraining for health visitors on speech language and communication needs

To equip health visitors with additional skills and knowledge to support families in

promoting early language acquisition in the home learning environment to support

improved health and wellbeing outcomes including school readiness

Development of an early language identification measure to support clinical

decision-making

Development and piloting of measure in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough Derbyshire

Wiltshire and Newham

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

For services for children 0-5 years built on the best evidence and experience of

implementation in practice

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202029 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Delivery of evidenced-based HV Training

30

Objectives

To increase health visitors knowledge of

Typical non-typical speech language and communication

development in all children

The impact of speech language and communication needs

on long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for children

Application of evidence-based strategies to promote speech

language and communication development with all children

and families

To be confident and able to

Identify risk factors for speech language and communication

needs (SLCN) through assessment

Use evidence-based strategies to support families when a

SLCN is identified and consider methods to demonstrate

impact of the interventions

Identify SLCN appropriate for referral to speech and

language therapy and or evidenced-based support through

local pathways

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

31

This project is being carried out by Newcastle University

This measure is being developed and piloted in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough

Derbyshire Newham and Wiltshire

The following research questions have been identified

1 Does the ASQ identify children with SLCN in the 24-30 age range measured against a gold

standard language assessment using standard productivity figures (sensitivity and specificity

etc)

2 To what extent is it possible to enhance the accuracy of this process by introducing a second

stage identification process for SLCN

3 What is the acceptability of using the combined procedure from the practitioner and parental

perspective

4 Can the findings be readily transferred into accessible intervention resources acceptable to

both parents and professionals

Development of an early language identification measure (ELIM) to support clinical decision-making

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

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bull

Page 5: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

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bull

bull

bull

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EYFS REFORMS LEARN EXPLORE AND DEBATE

REGIONAL EVENTSJanuary 2020

Department for Education

Parentsrsquo environments are saturated with positive messaging to raise awareness and promote behaviour change

Face-to-face support intensive where needed is available to parents and children who need help to make and sustain change

Meeting our ambitions for childrenrsquos early language and literacy outcomes demands a relentless focus throughout a childrsquos early years

A childrsquos early language and literacy outcomes

are determined by

What happens at home (including the HLE)

The support the child and family receives from local

services

The quality and duration of their early education

Children experience high quality early education that pushes them to achieve

And public private and third sector leaders services and communities work collectively towards this objective with purpose coherence and ambition

To drive the change we want to see we must ensure that in every place

THE HOME LOCAL SERVICES EARLY YEARS SETTINGS

Early Social Mobility programme ndash progress to date

Campaign launched ndash first wave of activity over the summer second planned for spring

Educational apps quality marked by independent education panel

Over 1000 Health Visitors trained in speech language amp communication needs

22 Early Years speech and language local authorities peer reviews conducted by gt 150 trained peers

Programme delivery underway across 51 LAs

Consultation on EYFS reforms launched in October 2019

34 schools designation lsquoEnglish Hubsrsquo supporting 85 schools in their regions

Home Learning Environment trials- Tips By Text - BIT- Level 4 Group Triple P ndash Triple P- The Real Programme - NCB- Parent Lives + - Family Lives

Early years professional development trials- Manor Park Talks ndash Sheringham Nursery School- The Hanen programme ndash Communicate SLT- Early Years Toolbox ndash Action for Children- Reception Jigsaw ndash White Rose Maths- Maths Champions - NDNA

Our delivery partners

Speech language amp communication assessment tool being developed and tested by Newcastle Universty

httpseducationendowmentfoundationorgukprojects-and-evaluationprojects

wwwhungrylittlemindscampaigngovuk

VCS projects underway to support delivery

Building the evidence base

EYFS reforms Context and update

14

Two key objectives reducing teacher workload and improving outcomes-particularly in early language for children from disadvantaged backgrounds

bull Revising the Early Learning Goals so that they

- Focus on strengthening language and vocabulary development

- Strengthen literacy and numeracy outcomes at the end of reception year

- Better prepare children for Key Stage 1 ndash by better aligning with Year 1

- Are based on the latest evidence in childhood development ndash and the strongest predictors of future attainment

- Are clearer for teachers to interpret ndash making the EYFSP assessment more straightforward

bull Streamlining assessment guidance and reviewing the moderation process to

- Reduce teacher workload and strongly encourage teachers to use their professional judgement and reduce reliance on recording unnecessary evidence

- Make clear that the ELGs are not the curriculum ndash they are an end point measure of what a child should be demonstrating by the end of the EYFS

bull The draft revised ELGs and EYFSP handbook were piloted in 24 schools during academic year 201819

bull The EEF and NatCen published their findings from the evaluation of the pilot in October 2019

bull A full public consultation on our EYFS proposals on the ELGs educational programmes and assessment process was launched on 24 October 2019 and closes on 31 January 2020

bull Statutory roll out of the reforms are expected in AY 202122 with plans for voluntary opt-in for AY 202021

EYFS quick recap

15

The EYFS statutory framework is mandatory in all early years settings It sets the standards that schools and early years providers must meet to ensure that children are taught and develop well and are kept healthy and safe in all early years settings from birth to age 5

The EYFS was first introduced in 2008 In 2012 following an independent review of evidence and practice (the Tickell Report 20116) the learning and development requirements were revised to create three prime areas of learning and four specific areas of learning rather than the previous six areas of learning It also introduced three characteristics of effective teaching and learning

Sections 1 and 2 of the EYFS framework set out the learning and development and assessment requirements and include the educational programmes early years providers are required to follow across the seven areas of learning7 All early years practitioners and teachers are required to pursue rich daily activities in supporting each childrsquos educational development under these areas

The EYFS framework does not prescribe a particular teaching approach It recognises that effective teaching in the early years requires skilled use of a teaching practice repertoire which responds appropriately to the age and needs of the children being taught In recognition of this the revised EYFS framework will include the definition of teaching currently included in Ofstedrsquos Early Years Inspection Handbook

EYFS reforms Pilot evaluation findings

16

bull The draft revised ELGs and EYFSP handbook were piloted in 24 schools during the academic year of 201819

bull The pilot was led by the Education Endowment Foundation in partnership with Natcenand Action for Children It began in September 2018 and concluded in July 2019

bull The key aim of the pilot was to test the deliverability of the new ELGs and the overall EYFSP assessment process

bull The pilot included testing of the revised set of Early Learning Goals and educational programmes and a revised approach to assessment and moderation

bull Pilot schools were purposively selected from a randomly generated sample with a mix of characteristics including

- location

- number of pupils

- percentage of children eligible for free school meals

- Ofsted rating

Key Evaluation Findings

bull Participants viewed the revised ELGs positively overall they also made practical suggestions about improving the revised ELGs

bull Schools reported that their workload had reduced due to less expectation for assessment and evidence-gathering Staff reported using this extra time to spend with children

bull The revised ELGs by themselves were not felt to be sufficient teachers wanted supporting materials such as exemplification and curriculum guidance

bull There were mixed views about whether children would be better prepared for key stage 1 and whether the new ELGs were more or less challenging than before Follow-up research would be required to investigate this further

bull Teachers welcomed using their own judgement and felt empowered to do so However some felt that external moderation would still be important for ensuring consistency between schools and for gaining alternative perspectives

EYFS reforms Consultation

17

In Scope Out of Scope

bull Prime and Specific Areas of Learning- these terms will remain ndash as will the areas of learning sitting underneath All the areas of learning are inter-connected and complement one another

bull Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning will remain central to the EYFS ndash no changes proposed

bull Good Level of Development (GLD) metric

bull The progress check at age 2 is not being consulted on

bull The reception baseline assessment is not in scope of this consultation

bull Educational Programmes

bull Early Learning Goals

bull EYFSP statutory LA moderation

bull Exceeded judgement

bull Promotion of oral health- proposal to include lsquopromotionrsquo as part of wider safeguarding and welfare To note- this is not a proposal for mandatory tooth brushing supervision

EYFS Reforms LampD requirements

18

bull Proposed revisions to the educational programmes- each programme has been re-written to provide detail on the kinds of activities practitioners and teachers can deliver in settings and classrooms to support day to day curriculum and practice

bull Communication and language has been threaded through all areas given it underpins all seven areas of learning

bull Proposed revisions to the Early Learning Goals (ELGs)- includes more clarity and specificity to descriptors and key changes to

bull Communication and language focus on oral language and vocabulary acquisitionbull PSED new ELG on self-regulation and inclusion of self-carebull Physical Development focus on gross and fine motor skillsbull Literacy new ELG on comprehensionbull Maths focus on depth of number and understanding quantities and continue to focus on space shapes

and measure through curriculumbull Understanding the World more defined descriptors as precursors to science history and geography and

remove IT bull Expressive Arts and Design clearer descriptors and emphasis on communication and language

EYFS Reforms Changes to assessment

19

EYFSP moderationbull EYFSP assessments are currently externally moderated on a statutory basis by LAs 25 of schools bull While moderation is an important part of ensuring that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

practitioners have told us that the external moderation process can be burdensome

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the statutory requirement for LAs to externally moderate EYFSP judgements Schools would be expected to continue to moderate internally and with other settings to ensure consistency of judgements and that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

EYFSP judgement criteriabull We have heard from experts practitioners and teachers that the exceeded descriptor is unhelpful in making consistent

and accurate judgements - there are inherent challenges in what level to pitch exceeded descriptors and that judging children as exceeded against descriptors generates additional unnecessary collection of evidence for internal and external moderation events

bull There is also broad consensus that our focus as practitioners and government should be on efforts to increase the number of children who achieve expected levels of development by the end of reception

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the exceeded criteria from the EYFSP Teachers will still be required to stretch more able children and support them to excel and provide a narrative for parents and the year 1 teacher

EYFS Reforms Non- statutory curriculum guidance

20

Improve early years outcomes

Reducing Workload Burdens

Specific Reception Year guidance

In line with wider policy ambitions- to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children to narrow development gaps

Re-casting the focus on curriculum rather than assessment and providing a foundation for helping teachers and practitioners to plan settingclassroom activities

Making reception year count ndash by supporting teachers with specific curriculum guidance to ensure all children have strong foundations to begin Year 1 This will be part of the overall guidance document covering the whole EYFS age-range

Curriculum guidance is currently being developed through an update of the Development Matters non-statutory guidance - aims to focus practitioners and teachers on the importance of rich daily activities to improve outcomes and help reduce workload

Dr Julian Grenier is leading this work with us We aim to roll out the new curriculum guidance alongside the EYFS reforms

We have taken on board feedback from the pilot evaluation and will continue to engage with the sector key experts and assess the responses from the consultation to ensure that these important reforms are delivered by a prepared early years workforce We will

Develop new exemplification guidance for the new ELGs to support teachers in making consistent judgements at lsquoexpectedrsquo level and ease the burden of moderation

Develop new non-statutory curriculum guidance to support the workforce delivering rich daily activities to improve outcomes in early language development

Support volunteer early adopter schools and local authorities ndash particularly in setting out a clear message of the rationale and nature of the changes and ensure the sector is prepared for national roll-out in AY 2021

21

EYFS Reforms Supporting implementation

Thank you

To keep updated with policy developments sign up to the Foundation Years newsletter athttpsfoundationyearsorguk

Closing the inequalities gap in speech

language and communication

Why does SLC matter in the early years

Early language development and communication skills are recognised as a primary

indicator of child wellbeing due to the link between language and other social emotional

and learning outcomes

Educational

Attainment

1 in 4 children who struggled

with language at the age of 5

did not reach the expected

standard in English at the end

of primary school compared

with 1 in 25 children who had

good language skills aged 5

Social Emotional and Mental Health

Children with vocabulary difficulties at age 5

are 3 times more likely to have mental health

problems in adulthood and twice as likely to

be unemployed when they reach adulthood

81 of children with emotional and

behavioural disorders have unidentified

SLCN

Lifelong Impact

60 of young offenders have

low language skills

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202026 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Scale of the problem

Approximately 10 of children

and young people have long-

term SLCN which cause them

significant difficulties with

communication or learning in

everyday life

Children from socially disadvantaged

families are more than twice as likely

to be diagnosed with a SLCN Due to

social clustering more than 50of

children living in areas of high social

deprivation may start school with

SLCN

In 201718 824 of all children

reached a lsquogood level of development

in communication and language skillsrsquo

at age five compared to only 719 of

children who were eligible for free

school meals

7190 8240

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202027 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

28

Giving every child the best start in life

December 2017

The Department for Education published lsquoUnlocking

Talent Fulfilling Potential a plan for improving social

mobility through educationrsquo on 14 December 2017

which sets out the Governmentrsquos ambitions for the

wider education system making sure that great

education translates into great opportunities and jobs

for everyone

July 2018

ldquo28 - of children finish their reception year still

without the early communication and reading skills

they need to thrive Itrsquos not acceptable and tackling it

must be our shared priority My ambition is to cut that

number in half over the next ten yearsrdquo

ndash Damian Hinds Former Secretary of State for

Education

Ambition Close the word gap in the early years

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

PHEDfE Programme of Work

Delivery of evidenced-based HV TrainingTraining for health visitors on speech language and communication needs

To equip health visitors with additional skills and knowledge to support families in

promoting early language acquisition in the home learning environment to support

improved health and wellbeing outcomes including school readiness

Development of an early language identification measure to support clinical

decision-making

Development and piloting of measure in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough Derbyshire

Wiltshire and Newham

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

For services for children 0-5 years built on the best evidence and experience of

implementation in practice

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202029 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Delivery of evidenced-based HV Training

30

Objectives

To increase health visitors knowledge of

Typical non-typical speech language and communication

development in all children

The impact of speech language and communication needs

on long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for children

Application of evidence-based strategies to promote speech

language and communication development with all children

and families

To be confident and able to

Identify risk factors for speech language and communication

needs (SLCN) through assessment

Use evidence-based strategies to support families when a

SLCN is identified and consider methods to demonstrate

impact of the interventions

Identify SLCN appropriate for referral to speech and

language therapy and or evidenced-based support through

local pathways

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

31

This project is being carried out by Newcastle University

This measure is being developed and piloted in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough

Derbyshire Newham and Wiltshire

The following research questions have been identified

1 Does the ASQ identify children with SLCN in the 24-30 age range measured against a gold

standard language assessment using standard productivity figures (sensitivity and specificity

etc)

2 To what extent is it possible to enhance the accuracy of this process by introducing a second

stage identification process for SLCN

3 What is the acceptability of using the combined procedure from the practitioner and parental

perspective

4 Can the findings be readily transferred into accessible intervention resources acceptable to

both parents and professionals

Development of an early language identification measure (ELIM) to support clinical decision-making

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

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DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

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The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

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Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

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Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

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1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

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What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

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Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

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bull

Page 6: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

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EYFS REFORMS LEARN EXPLORE AND DEBATE

REGIONAL EVENTSJanuary 2020

Department for Education

Parentsrsquo environments are saturated with positive messaging to raise awareness and promote behaviour change

Face-to-face support intensive where needed is available to parents and children who need help to make and sustain change

Meeting our ambitions for childrenrsquos early language and literacy outcomes demands a relentless focus throughout a childrsquos early years

A childrsquos early language and literacy outcomes

are determined by

What happens at home (including the HLE)

The support the child and family receives from local

services

The quality and duration of their early education

Children experience high quality early education that pushes them to achieve

And public private and third sector leaders services and communities work collectively towards this objective with purpose coherence and ambition

To drive the change we want to see we must ensure that in every place

THE HOME LOCAL SERVICES EARLY YEARS SETTINGS

Early Social Mobility programme ndash progress to date

Campaign launched ndash first wave of activity over the summer second planned for spring

Educational apps quality marked by independent education panel

Over 1000 Health Visitors trained in speech language amp communication needs

22 Early Years speech and language local authorities peer reviews conducted by gt 150 trained peers

Programme delivery underway across 51 LAs

Consultation on EYFS reforms launched in October 2019

34 schools designation lsquoEnglish Hubsrsquo supporting 85 schools in their regions

Home Learning Environment trials- Tips By Text - BIT- Level 4 Group Triple P ndash Triple P- The Real Programme - NCB- Parent Lives + - Family Lives

Early years professional development trials- Manor Park Talks ndash Sheringham Nursery School- The Hanen programme ndash Communicate SLT- Early Years Toolbox ndash Action for Children- Reception Jigsaw ndash White Rose Maths- Maths Champions - NDNA

Our delivery partners

Speech language amp communication assessment tool being developed and tested by Newcastle Universty

httpseducationendowmentfoundationorgukprojects-and-evaluationprojects

wwwhungrylittlemindscampaigngovuk

VCS projects underway to support delivery

Building the evidence base

EYFS reforms Context and update

14

Two key objectives reducing teacher workload and improving outcomes-particularly in early language for children from disadvantaged backgrounds

bull Revising the Early Learning Goals so that they

- Focus on strengthening language and vocabulary development

- Strengthen literacy and numeracy outcomes at the end of reception year

- Better prepare children for Key Stage 1 ndash by better aligning with Year 1

- Are based on the latest evidence in childhood development ndash and the strongest predictors of future attainment

- Are clearer for teachers to interpret ndash making the EYFSP assessment more straightforward

bull Streamlining assessment guidance and reviewing the moderation process to

- Reduce teacher workload and strongly encourage teachers to use their professional judgement and reduce reliance on recording unnecessary evidence

- Make clear that the ELGs are not the curriculum ndash they are an end point measure of what a child should be demonstrating by the end of the EYFS

bull The draft revised ELGs and EYFSP handbook were piloted in 24 schools during academic year 201819

bull The EEF and NatCen published their findings from the evaluation of the pilot in October 2019

bull A full public consultation on our EYFS proposals on the ELGs educational programmes and assessment process was launched on 24 October 2019 and closes on 31 January 2020

bull Statutory roll out of the reforms are expected in AY 202122 with plans for voluntary opt-in for AY 202021

EYFS quick recap

15

The EYFS statutory framework is mandatory in all early years settings It sets the standards that schools and early years providers must meet to ensure that children are taught and develop well and are kept healthy and safe in all early years settings from birth to age 5

The EYFS was first introduced in 2008 In 2012 following an independent review of evidence and practice (the Tickell Report 20116) the learning and development requirements were revised to create three prime areas of learning and four specific areas of learning rather than the previous six areas of learning It also introduced three characteristics of effective teaching and learning

Sections 1 and 2 of the EYFS framework set out the learning and development and assessment requirements and include the educational programmes early years providers are required to follow across the seven areas of learning7 All early years practitioners and teachers are required to pursue rich daily activities in supporting each childrsquos educational development under these areas

The EYFS framework does not prescribe a particular teaching approach It recognises that effective teaching in the early years requires skilled use of a teaching practice repertoire which responds appropriately to the age and needs of the children being taught In recognition of this the revised EYFS framework will include the definition of teaching currently included in Ofstedrsquos Early Years Inspection Handbook

EYFS reforms Pilot evaluation findings

16

bull The draft revised ELGs and EYFSP handbook were piloted in 24 schools during the academic year of 201819

bull The pilot was led by the Education Endowment Foundation in partnership with Natcenand Action for Children It began in September 2018 and concluded in July 2019

bull The key aim of the pilot was to test the deliverability of the new ELGs and the overall EYFSP assessment process

bull The pilot included testing of the revised set of Early Learning Goals and educational programmes and a revised approach to assessment and moderation

bull Pilot schools were purposively selected from a randomly generated sample with a mix of characteristics including

- location

- number of pupils

- percentage of children eligible for free school meals

- Ofsted rating

Key Evaluation Findings

bull Participants viewed the revised ELGs positively overall they also made practical suggestions about improving the revised ELGs

bull Schools reported that their workload had reduced due to less expectation for assessment and evidence-gathering Staff reported using this extra time to spend with children

bull The revised ELGs by themselves were not felt to be sufficient teachers wanted supporting materials such as exemplification and curriculum guidance

bull There were mixed views about whether children would be better prepared for key stage 1 and whether the new ELGs were more or less challenging than before Follow-up research would be required to investigate this further

bull Teachers welcomed using their own judgement and felt empowered to do so However some felt that external moderation would still be important for ensuring consistency between schools and for gaining alternative perspectives

EYFS reforms Consultation

17

In Scope Out of Scope

bull Prime and Specific Areas of Learning- these terms will remain ndash as will the areas of learning sitting underneath All the areas of learning are inter-connected and complement one another

bull Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning will remain central to the EYFS ndash no changes proposed

bull Good Level of Development (GLD) metric

bull The progress check at age 2 is not being consulted on

bull The reception baseline assessment is not in scope of this consultation

bull Educational Programmes

bull Early Learning Goals

bull EYFSP statutory LA moderation

bull Exceeded judgement

bull Promotion of oral health- proposal to include lsquopromotionrsquo as part of wider safeguarding and welfare To note- this is not a proposal for mandatory tooth brushing supervision

EYFS Reforms LampD requirements

18

bull Proposed revisions to the educational programmes- each programme has been re-written to provide detail on the kinds of activities practitioners and teachers can deliver in settings and classrooms to support day to day curriculum and practice

bull Communication and language has been threaded through all areas given it underpins all seven areas of learning

bull Proposed revisions to the Early Learning Goals (ELGs)- includes more clarity and specificity to descriptors and key changes to

bull Communication and language focus on oral language and vocabulary acquisitionbull PSED new ELG on self-regulation and inclusion of self-carebull Physical Development focus on gross and fine motor skillsbull Literacy new ELG on comprehensionbull Maths focus on depth of number and understanding quantities and continue to focus on space shapes

and measure through curriculumbull Understanding the World more defined descriptors as precursors to science history and geography and

remove IT bull Expressive Arts and Design clearer descriptors and emphasis on communication and language

EYFS Reforms Changes to assessment

19

EYFSP moderationbull EYFSP assessments are currently externally moderated on a statutory basis by LAs 25 of schools bull While moderation is an important part of ensuring that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

practitioners have told us that the external moderation process can be burdensome

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the statutory requirement for LAs to externally moderate EYFSP judgements Schools would be expected to continue to moderate internally and with other settings to ensure consistency of judgements and that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

EYFSP judgement criteriabull We have heard from experts practitioners and teachers that the exceeded descriptor is unhelpful in making consistent

and accurate judgements - there are inherent challenges in what level to pitch exceeded descriptors and that judging children as exceeded against descriptors generates additional unnecessary collection of evidence for internal and external moderation events

bull There is also broad consensus that our focus as practitioners and government should be on efforts to increase the number of children who achieve expected levels of development by the end of reception

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the exceeded criteria from the EYFSP Teachers will still be required to stretch more able children and support them to excel and provide a narrative for parents and the year 1 teacher

EYFS Reforms Non- statutory curriculum guidance

20

Improve early years outcomes

Reducing Workload Burdens

Specific Reception Year guidance

In line with wider policy ambitions- to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children to narrow development gaps

Re-casting the focus on curriculum rather than assessment and providing a foundation for helping teachers and practitioners to plan settingclassroom activities

Making reception year count ndash by supporting teachers with specific curriculum guidance to ensure all children have strong foundations to begin Year 1 This will be part of the overall guidance document covering the whole EYFS age-range

Curriculum guidance is currently being developed through an update of the Development Matters non-statutory guidance - aims to focus practitioners and teachers on the importance of rich daily activities to improve outcomes and help reduce workload

Dr Julian Grenier is leading this work with us We aim to roll out the new curriculum guidance alongside the EYFS reforms

We have taken on board feedback from the pilot evaluation and will continue to engage with the sector key experts and assess the responses from the consultation to ensure that these important reforms are delivered by a prepared early years workforce We will

Develop new exemplification guidance for the new ELGs to support teachers in making consistent judgements at lsquoexpectedrsquo level and ease the burden of moderation

Develop new non-statutory curriculum guidance to support the workforce delivering rich daily activities to improve outcomes in early language development

Support volunteer early adopter schools and local authorities ndash particularly in setting out a clear message of the rationale and nature of the changes and ensure the sector is prepared for national roll-out in AY 2021

21

EYFS Reforms Supporting implementation

Thank you

To keep updated with policy developments sign up to the Foundation Years newsletter athttpsfoundationyearsorguk

Closing the inequalities gap in speech

language and communication

Why does SLC matter in the early years

Early language development and communication skills are recognised as a primary

indicator of child wellbeing due to the link between language and other social emotional

and learning outcomes

Educational

Attainment

1 in 4 children who struggled

with language at the age of 5

did not reach the expected

standard in English at the end

of primary school compared

with 1 in 25 children who had

good language skills aged 5

Social Emotional and Mental Health

Children with vocabulary difficulties at age 5

are 3 times more likely to have mental health

problems in adulthood and twice as likely to

be unemployed when they reach adulthood

81 of children with emotional and

behavioural disorders have unidentified

SLCN

Lifelong Impact

60 of young offenders have

low language skills

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202026 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Scale of the problem

Approximately 10 of children

and young people have long-

term SLCN which cause them

significant difficulties with

communication or learning in

everyday life

Children from socially disadvantaged

families are more than twice as likely

to be diagnosed with a SLCN Due to

social clustering more than 50of

children living in areas of high social

deprivation may start school with

SLCN

In 201718 824 of all children

reached a lsquogood level of development

in communication and language skillsrsquo

at age five compared to only 719 of

children who were eligible for free

school meals

7190 8240

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202027 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

28

Giving every child the best start in life

December 2017

The Department for Education published lsquoUnlocking

Talent Fulfilling Potential a plan for improving social

mobility through educationrsquo on 14 December 2017

which sets out the Governmentrsquos ambitions for the

wider education system making sure that great

education translates into great opportunities and jobs

for everyone

July 2018

ldquo28 - of children finish their reception year still

without the early communication and reading skills

they need to thrive Itrsquos not acceptable and tackling it

must be our shared priority My ambition is to cut that

number in half over the next ten yearsrdquo

ndash Damian Hinds Former Secretary of State for

Education

Ambition Close the word gap in the early years

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

PHEDfE Programme of Work

Delivery of evidenced-based HV TrainingTraining for health visitors on speech language and communication needs

To equip health visitors with additional skills and knowledge to support families in

promoting early language acquisition in the home learning environment to support

improved health and wellbeing outcomes including school readiness

Development of an early language identification measure to support clinical

decision-making

Development and piloting of measure in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough Derbyshire

Wiltshire and Newham

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

For services for children 0-5 years built on the best evidence and experience of

implementation in practice

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202029 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Delivery of evidenced-based HV Training

30

Objectives

To increase health visitors knowledge of

Typical non-typical speech language and communication

development in all children

The impact of speech language and communication needs

on long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for children

Application of evidence-based strategies to promote speech

language and communication development with all children

and families

To be confident and able to

Identify risk factors for speech language and communication

needs (SLCN) through assessment

Use evidence-based strategies to support families when a

SLCN is identified and consider methods to demonstrate

impact of the interventions

Identify SLCN appropriate for referral to speech and

language therapy and or evidenced-based support through

local pathways

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

31

This project is being carried out by Newcastle University

This measure is being developed and piloted in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough

Derbyshire Newham and Wiltshire

The following research questions have been identified

1 Does the ASQ identify children with SLCN in the 24-30 age range measured against a gold

standard language assessment using standard productivity figures (sensitivity and specificity

etc)

2 To what extent is it possible to enhance the accuracy of this process by introducing a second

stage identification process for SLCN

3 What is the acceptability of using the combined procedure from the practitioner and parental

perspective

4 Can the findings be readily transferred into accessible intervention resources acceptable to

both parents and professionals

Development of an early language identification measure (ELIM) to support clinical decision-making

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

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bull

bull

bull

EYFS REFORMS LEARN EXPLORE AND DEBATE

REGIONAL EVENTSJanuary 2020

Department for Education

Parentsrsquo environments are saturated with positive messaging to raise awareness and promote behaviour change

Face-to-face support intensive where needed is available to parents and children who need help to make and sustain change

Meeting our ambitions for childrenrsquos early language and literacy outcomes demands a relentless focus throughout a childrsquos early years

A childrsquos early language and literacy outcomes

are determined by

What happens at home (including the HLE)

The support the child and family receives from local

services

The quality and duration of their early education

Children experience high quality early education that pushes them to achieve

And public private and third sector leaders services and communities work collectively towards this objective with purpose coherence and ambition

To drive the change we want to see we must ensure that in every place

THE HOME LOCAL SERVICES EARLY YEARS SETTINGS

Early Social Mobility programme ndash progress to date

Campaign launched ndash first wave of activity over the summer second planned for spring

Educational apps quality marked by independent education panel

Over 1000 Health Visitors trained in speech language amp communication needs

22 Early Years speech and language local authorities peer reviews conducted by gt 150 trained peers

Programme delivery underway across 51 LAs

Consultation on EYFS reforms launched in October 2019

34 schools designation lsquoEnglish Hubsrsquo supporting 85 schools in their regions

Home Learning Environment trials- Tips By Text - BIT- Level 4 Group Triple P ndash Triple P- The Real Programme - NCB- Parent Lives + - Family Lives

Early years professional development trials- Manor Park Talks ndash Sheringham Nursery School- The Hanen programme ndash Communicate SLT- Early Years Toolbox ndash Action for Children- Reception Jigsaw ndash White Rose Maths- Maths Champions - NDNA

Our delivery partners

Speech language amp communication assessment tool being developed and tested by Newcastle Universty

httpseducationendowmentfoundationorgukprojects-and-evaluationprojects

wwwhungrylittlemindscampaigngovuk

VCS projects underway to support delivery

Building the evidence base

EYFS reforms Context and update

14

Two key objectives reducing teacher workload and improving outcomes-particularly in early language for children from disadvantaged backgrounds

bull Revising the Early Learning Goals so that they

- Focus on strengthening language and vocabulary development

- Strengthen literacy and numeracy outcomes at the end of reception year

- Better prepare children for Key Stage 1 ndash by better aligning with Year 1

- Are based on the latest evidence in childhood development ndash and the strongest predictors of future attainment

- Are clearer for teachers to interpret ndash making the EYFSP assessment more straightforward

bull Streamlining assessment guidance and reviewing the moderation process to

- Reduce teacher workload and strongly encourage teachers to use their professional judgement and reduce reliance on recording unnecessary evidence

- Make clear that the ELGs are not the curriculum ndash they are an end point measure of what a child should be demonstrating by the end of the EYFS

bull The draft revised ELGs and EYFSP handbook were piloted in 24 schools during academic year 201819

bull The EEF and NatCen published their findings from the evaluation of the pilot in October 2019

bull A full public consultation on our EYFS proposals on the ELGs educational programmes and assessment process was launched on 24 October 2019 and closes on 31 January 2020

bull Statutory roll out of the reforms are expected in AY 202122 with plans for voluntary opt-in for AY 202021

EYFS quick recap

15

The EYFS statutory framework is mandatory in all early years settings It sets the standards that schools and early years providers must meet to ensure that children are taught and develop well and are kept healthy and safe in all early years settings from birth to age 5

The EYFS was first introduced in 2008 In 2012 following an independent review of evidence and practice (the Tickell Report 20116) the learning and development requirements were revised to create three prime areas of learning and four specific areas of learning rather than the previous six areas of learning It also introduced three characteristics of effective teaching and learning

Sections 1 and 2 of the EYFS framework set out the learning and development and assessment requirements and include the educational programmes early years providers are required to follow across the seven areas of learning7 All early years practitioners and teachers are required to pursue rich daily activities in supporting each childrsquos educational development under these areas

The EYFS framework does not prescribe a particular teaching approach It recognises that effective teaching in the early years requires skilled use of a teaching practice repertoire which responds appropriately to the age and needs of the children being taught In recognition of this the revised EYFS framework will include the definition of teaching currently included in Ofstedrsquos Early Years Inspection Handbook

EYFS reforms Pilot evaluation findings

16

bull The draft revised ELGs and EYFSP handbook were piloted in 24 schools during the academic year of 201819

bull The pilot was led by the Education Endowment Foundation in partnership with Natcenand Action for Children It began in September 2018 and concluded in July 2019

bull The key aim of the pilot was to test the deliverability of the new ELGs and the overall EYFSP assessment process

bull The pilot included testing of the revised set of Early Learning Goals and educational programmes and a revised approach to assessment and moderation

bull Pilot schools were purposively selected from a randomly generated sample with a mix of characteristics including

- location

- number of pupils

- percentage of children eligible for free school meals

- Ofsted rating

Key Evaluation Findings

bull Participants viewed the revised ELGs positively overall they also made practical suggestions about improving the revised ELGs

bull Schools reported that their workload had reduced due to less expectation for assessment and evidence-gathering Staff reported using this extra time to spend with children

bull The revised ELGs by themselves were not felt to be sufficient teachers wanted supporting materials such as exemplification and curriculum guidance

bull There were mixed views about whether children would be better prepared for key stage 1 and whether the new ELGs were more or less challenging than before Follow-up research would be required to investigate this further

bull Teachers welcomed using their own judgement and felt empowered to do so However some felt that external moderation would still be important for ensuring consistency between schools and for gaining alternative perspectives

EYFS reforms Consultation

17

In Scope Out of Scope

bull Prime and Specific Areas of Learning- these terms will remain ndash as will the areas of learning sitting underneath All the areas of learning are inter-connected and complement one another

bull Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning will remain central to the EYFS ndash no changes proposed

bull Good Level of Development (GLD) metric

bull The progress check at age 2 is not being consulted on

bull The reception baseline assessment is not in scope of this consultation

bull Educational Programmes

bull Early Learning Goals

bull EYFSP statutory LA moderation

bull Exceeded judgement

bull Promotion of oral health- proposal to include lsquopromotionrsquo as part of wider safeguarding and welfare To note- this is not a proposal for mandatory tooth brushing supervision

EYFS Reforms LampD requirements

18

bull Proposed revisions to the educational programmes- each programme has been re-written to provide detail on the kinds of activities practitioners and teachers can deliver in settings and classrooms to support day to day curriculum and practice

bull Communication and language has been threaded through all areas given it underpins all seven areas of learning

bull Proposed revisions to the Early Learning Goals (ELGs)- includes more clarity and specificity to descriptors and key changes to

bull Communication and language focus on oral language and vocabulary acquisitionbull PSED new ELG on self-regulation and inclusion of self-carebull Physical Development focus on gross and fine motor skillsbull Literacy new ELG on comprehensionbull Maths focus on depth of number and understanding quantities and continue to focus on space shapes

and measure through curriculumbull Understanding the World more defined descriptors as precursors to science history and geography and

remove IT bull Expressive Arts and Design clearer descriptors and emphasis on communication and language

EYFS Reforms Changes to assessment

19

EYFSP moderationbull EYFSP assessments are currently externally moderated on a statutory basis by LAs 25 of schools bull While moderation is an important part of ensuring that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

practitioners have told us that the external moderation process can be burdensome

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the statutory requirement for LAs to externally moderate EYFSP judgements Schools would be expected to continue to moderate internally and with other settings to ensure consistency of judgements and that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

EYFSP judgement criteriabull We have heard from experts practitioners and teachers that the exceeded descriptor is unhelpful in making consistent

and accurate judgements - there are inherent challenges in what level to pitch exceeded descriptors and that judging children as exceeded against descriptors generates additional unnecessary collection of evidence for internal and external moderation events

bull There is also broad consensus that our focus as practitioners and government should be on efforts to increase the number of children who achieve expected levels of development by the end of reception

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the exceeded criteria from the EYFSP Teachers will still be required to stretch more able children and support them to excel and provide a narrative for parents and the year 1 teacher

EYFS Reforms Non- statutory curriculum guidance

20

Improve early years outcomes

Reducing Workload Burdens

Specific Reception Year guidance

In line with wider policy ambitions- to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children to narrow development gaps

Re-casting the focus on curriculum rather than assessment and providing a foundation for helping teachers and practitioners to plan settingclassroom activities

Making reception year count ndash by supporting teachers with specific curriculum guidance to ensure all children have strong foundations to begin Year 1 This will be part of the overall guidance document covering the whole EYFS age-range

Curriculum guidance is currently being developed through an update of the Development Matters non-statutory guidance - aims to focus practitioners and teachers on the importance of rich daily activities to improve outcomes and help reduce workload

Dr Julian Grenier is leading this work with us We aim to roll out the new curriculum guidance alongside the EYFS reforms

We have taken on board feedback from the pilot evaluation and will continue to engage with the sector key experts and assess the responses from the consultation to ensure that these important reforms are delivered by a prepared early years workforce We will

Develop new exemplification guidance for the new ELGs to support teachers in making consistent judgements at lsquoexpectedrsquo level and ease the burden of moderation

Develop new non-statutory curriculum guidance to support the workforce delivering rich daily activities to improve outcomes in early language development

Support volunteer early adopter schools and local authorities ndash particularly in setting out a clear message of the rationale and nature of the changes and ensure the sector is prepared for national roll-out in AY 2021

21

EYFS Reforms Supporting implementation

Thank you

To keep updated with policy developments sign up to the Foundation Years newsletter athttpsfoundationyearsorguk

Closing the inequalities gap in speech

language and communication

Why does SLC matter in the early years

Early language development and communication skills are recognised as a primary

indicator of child wellbeing due to the link between language and other social emotional

and learning outcomes

Educational

Attainment

1 in 4 children who struggled

with language at the age of 5

did not reach the expected

standard in English at the end

of primary school compared

with 1 in 25 children who had

good language skills aged 5

Social Emotional and Mental Health

Children with vocabulary difficulties at age 5

are 3 times more likely to have mental health

problems in adulthood and twice as likely to

be unemployed when they reach adulthood

81 of children with emotional and

behavioural disorders have unidentified

SLCN

Lifelong Impact

60 of young offenders have

low language skills

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202026 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Scale of the problem

Approximately 10 of children

and young people have long-

term SLCN which cause them

significant difficulties with

communication or learning in

everyday life

Children from socially disadvantaged

families are more than twice as likely

to be diagnosed with a SLCN Due to

social clustering more than 50of

children living in areas of high social

deprivation may start school with

SLCN

In 201718 824 of all children

reached a lsquogood level of development

in communication and language skillsrsquo

at age five compared to only 719 of

children who were eligible for free

school meals

7190 8240

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202027 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

28

Giving every child the best start in life

December 2017

The Department for Education published lsquoUnlocking

Talent Fulfilling Potential a plan for improving social

mobility through educationrsquo on 14 December 2017

which sets out the Governmentrsquos ambitions for the

wider education system making sure that great

education translates into great opportunities and jobs

for everyone

July 2018

ldquo28 - of children finish their reception year still

without the early communication and reading skills

they need to thrive Itrsquos not acceptable and tackling it

must be our shared priority My ambition is to cut that

number in half over the next ten yearsrdquo

ndash Damian Hinds Former Secretary of State for

Education

Ambition Close the word gap in the early years

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

PHEDfE Programme of Work

Delivery of evidenced-based HV TrainingTraining for health visitors on speech language and communication needs

To equip health visitors with additional skills and knowledge to support families in

promoting early language acquisition in the home learning environment to support

improved health and wellbeing outcomes including school readiness

Development of an early language identification measure to support clinical

decision-making

Development and piloting of measure in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough Derbyshire

Wiltshire and Newham

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

For services for children 0-5 years built on the best evidence and experience of

implementation in practice

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202029 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Delivery of evidenced-based HV Training

30

Objectives

To increase health visitors knowledge of

Typical non-typical speech language and communication

development in all children

The impact of speech language and communication needs

on long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for children

Application of evidence-based strategies to promote speech

language and communication development with all children

and families

To be confident and able to

Identify risk factors for speech language and communication

needs (SLCN) through assessment

Use evidence-based strategies to support families when a

SLCN is identified and consider methods to demonstrate

impact of the interventions

Identify SLCN appropriate for referral to speech and

language therapy and or evidenced-based support through

local pathways

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

31

This project is being carried out by Newcastle University

This measure is being developed and piloted in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough

Derbyshire Newham and Wiltshire

The following research questions have been identified

1 Does the ASQ identify children with SLCN in the 24-30 age range measured against a gold

standard language assessment using standard productivity figures (sensitivity and specificity

etc)

2 To what extent is it possible to enhance the accuracy of this process by introducing a second

stage identification process for SLCN

3 What is the acceptability of using the combined procedure from the practitioner and parental

perspective

4 Can the findings be readily transferred into accessible intervention resources acceptable to

both parents and professionals

Development of an early language identification measure (ELIM) to support clinical decision-making

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

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EYFS REFORMS LEARN EXPLORE AND DEBATE

REGIONAL EVENTSJanuary 2020

Department for Education

Parentsrsquo environments are saturated with positive messaging to raise awareness and promote behaviour change

Face-to-face support intensive where needed is available to parents and children who need help to make and sustain change

Meeting our ambitions for childrenrsquos early language and literacy outcomes demands a relentless focus throughout a childrsquos early years

A childrsquos early language and literacy outcomes

are determined by

What happens at home (including the HLE)

The support the child and family receives from local

services

The quality and duration of their early education

Children experience high quality early education that pushes them to achieve

And public private and third sector leaders services and communities work collectively towards this objective with purpose coherence and ambition

To drive the change we want to see we must ensure that in every place

THE HOME LOCAL SERVICES EARLY YEARS SETTINGS

Early Social Mobility programme ndash progress to date

Campaign launched ndash first wave of activity over the summer second planned for spring

Educational apps quality marked by independent education panel

Over 1000 Health Visitors trained in speech language amp communication needs

22 Early Years speech and language local authorities peer reviews conducted by gt 150 trained peers

Programme delivery underway across 51 LAs

Consultation on EYFS reforms launched in October 2019

34 schools designation lsquoEnglish Hubsrsquo supporting 85 schools in their regions

Home Learning Environment trials- Tips By Text - BIT- Level 4 Group Triple P ndash Triple P- The Real Programme - NCB- Parent Lives + - Family Lives

Early years professional development trials- Manor Park Talks ndash Sheringham Nursery School- The Hanen programme ndash Communicate SLT- Early Years Toolbox ndash Action for Children- Reception Jigsaw ndash White Rose Maths- Maths Champions - NDNA

Our delivery partners

Speech language amp communication assessment tool being developed and tested by Newcastle Universty

httpseducationendowmentfoundationorgukprojects-and-evaluationprojects

wwwhungrylittlemindscampaigngovuk

VCS projects underway to support delivery

Building the evidence base

EYFS reforms Context and update

14

Two key objectives reducing teacher workload and improving outcomes-particularly in early language for children from disadvantaged backgrounds

bull Revising the Early Learning Goals so that they

- Focus on strengthening language and vocabulary development

- Strengthen literacy and numeracy outcomes at the end of reception year

- Better prepare children for Key Stage 1 ndash by better aligning with Year 1

- Are based on the latest evidence in childhood development ndash and the strongest predictors of future attainment

- Are clearer for teachers to interpret ndash making the EYFSP assessment more straightforward

bull Streamlining assessment guidance and reviewing the moderation process to

- Reduce teacher workload and strongly encourage teachers to use their professional judgement and reduce reliance on recording unnecessary evidence

- Make clear that the ELGs are not the curriculum ndash they are an end point measure of what a child should be demonstrating by the end of the EYFS

bull The draft revised ELGs and EYFSP handbook were piloted in 24 schools during academic year 201819

bull The EEF and NatCen published their findings from the evaluation of the pilot in October 2019

bull A full public consultation on our EYFS proposals on the ELGs educational programmes and assessment process was launched on 24 October 2019 and closes on 31 January 2020

bull Statutory roll out of the reforms are expected in AY 202122 with plans for voluntary opt-in for AY 202021

EYFS quick recap

15

The EYFS statutory framework is mandatory in all early years settings It sets the standards that schools and early years providers must meet to ensure that children are taught and develop well and are kept healthy and safe in all early years settings from birth to age 5

The EYFS was first introduced in 2008 In 2012 following an independent review of evidence and practice (the Tickell Report 20116) the learning and development requirements were revised to create three prime areas of learning and four specific areas of learning rather than the previous six areas of learning It also introduced three characteristics of effective teaching and learning

Sections 1 and 2 of the EYFS framework set out the learning and development and assessment requirements and include the educational programmes early years providers are required to follow across the seven areas of learning7 All early years practitioners and teachers are required to pursue rich daily activities in supporting each childrsquos educational development under these areas

The EYFS framework does not prescribe a particular teaching approach It recognises that effective teaching in the early years requires skilled use of a teaching practice repertoire which responds appropriately to the age and needs of the children being taught In recognition of this the revised EYFS framework will include the definition of teaching currently included in Ofstedrsquos Early Years Inspection Handbook

EYFS reforms Pilot evaluation findings

16

bull The draft revised ELGs and EYFSP handbook were piloted in 24 schools during the academic year of 201819

bull The pilot was led by the Education Endowment Foundation in partnership with Natcenand Action for Children It began in September 2018 and concluded in July 2019

bull The key aim of the pilot was to test the deliverability of the new ELGs and the overall EYFSP assessment process

bull The pilot included testing of the revised set of Early Learning Goals and educational programmes and a revised approach to assessment and moderation

bull Pilot schools were purposively selected from a randomly generated sample with a mix of characteristics including

- location

- number of pupils

- percentage of children eligible for free school meals

- Ofsted rating

Key Evaluation Findings

bull Participants viewed the revised ELGs positively overall they also made practical suggestions about improving the revised ELGs

bull Schools reported that their workload had reduced due to less expectation for assessment and evidence-gathering Staff reported using this extra time to spend with children

bull The revised ELGs by themselves were not felt to be sufficient teachers wanted supporting materials such as exemplification and curriculum guidance

bull There were mixed views about whether children would be better prepared for key stage 1 and whether the new ELGs were more or less challenging than before Follow-up research would be required to investigate this further

bull Teachers welcomed using their own judgement and felt empowered to do so However some felt that external moderation would still be important for ensuring consistency between schools and for gaining alternative perspectives

EYFS reforms Consultation

17

In Scope Out of Scope

bull Prime and Specific Areas of Learning- these terms will remain ndash as will the areas of learning sitting underneath All the areas of learning are inter-connected and complement one another

bull Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning will remain central to the EYFS ndash no changes proposed

bull Good Level of Development (GLD) metric

bull The progress check at age 2 is not being consulted on

bull The reception baseline assessment is not in scope of this consultation

bull Educational Programmes

bull Early Learning Goals

bull EYFSP statutory LA moderation

bull Exceeded judgement

bull Promotion of oral health- proposal to include lsquopromotionrsquo as part of wider safeguarding and welfare To note- this is not a proposal for mandatory tooth brushing supervision

EYFS Reforms LampD requirements

18

bull Proposed revisions to the educational programmes- each programme has been re-written to provide detail on the kinds of activities practitioners and teachers can deliver in settings and classrooms to support day to day curriculum and practice

bull Communication and language has been threaded through all areas given it underpins all seven areas of learning

bull Proposed revisions to the Early Learning Goals (ELGs)- includes more clarity and specificity to descriptors and key changes to

bull Communication and language focus on oral language and vocabulary acquisitionbull PSED new ELG on self-regulation and inclusion of self-carebull Physical Development focus on gross and fine motor skillsbull Literacy new ELG on comprehensionbull Maths focus on depth of number and understanding quantities and continue to focus on space shapes

and measure through curriculumbull Understanding the World more defined descriptors as precursors to science history and geography and

remove IT bull Expressive Arts and Design clearer descriptors and emphasis on communication and language

EYFS Reforms Changes to assessment

19

EYFSP moderationbull EYFSP assessments are currently externally moderated on a statutory basis by LAs 25 of schools bull While moderation is an important part of ensuring that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

practitioners have told us that the external moderation process can be burdensome

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the statutory requirement for LAs to externally moderate EYFSP judgements Schools would be expected to continue to moderate internally and with other settings to ensure consistency of judgements and that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

EYFSP judgement criteriabull We have heard from experts practitioners and teachers that the exceeded descriptor is unhelpful in making consistent

and accurate judgements - there are inherent challenges in what level to pitch exceeded descriptors and that judging children as exceeded against descriptors generates additional unnecessary collection of evidence for internal and external moderation events

bull There is also broad consensus that our focus as practitioners and government should be on efforts to increase the number of children who achieve expected levels of development by the end of reception

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the exceeded criteria from the EYFSP Teachers will still be required to stretch more able children and support them to excel and provide a narrative for parents and the year 1 teacher

EYFS Reforms Non- statutory curriculum guidance

20

Improve early years outcomes

Reducing Workload Burdens

Specific Reception Year guidance

In line with wider policy ambitions- to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children to narrow development gaps

Re-casting the focus on curriculum rather than assessment and providing a foundation for helping teachers and practitioners to plan settingclassroom activities

Making reception year count ndash by supporting teachers with specific curriculum guidance to ensure all children have strong foundations to begin Year 1 This will be part of the overall guidance document covering the whole EYFS age-range

Curriculum guidance is currently being developed through an update of the Development Matters non-statutory guidance - aims to focus practitioners and teachers on the importance of rich daily activities to improve outcomes and help reduce workload

Dr Julian Grenier is leading this work with us We aim to roll out the new curriculum guidance alongside the EYFS reforms

We have taken on board feedback from the pilot evaluation and will continue to engage with the sector key experts and assess the responses from the consultation to ensure that these important reforms are delivered by a prepared early years workforce We will

Develop new exemplification guidance for the new ELGs to support teachers in making consistent judgements at lsquoexpectedrsquo level and ease the burden of moderation

Develop new non-statutory curriculum guidance to support the workforce delivering rich daily activities to improve outcomes in early language development

Support volunteer early adopter schools and local authorities ndash particularly in setting out a clear message of the rationale and nature of the changes and ensure the sector is prepared for national roll-out in AY 2021

21

EYFS Reforms Supporting implementation

Thank you

To keep updated with policy developments sign up to the Foundation Years newsletter athttpsfoundationyearsorguk

Closing the inequalities gap in speech

language and communication

Why does SLC matter in the early years

Early language development and communication skills are recognised as a primary

indicator of child wellbeing due to the link between language and other social emotional

and learning outcomes

Educational

Attainment

1 in 4 children who struggled

with language at the age of 5

did not reach the expected

standard in English at the end

of primary school compared

with 1 in 25 children who had

good language skills aged 5

Social Emotional and Mental Health

Children with vocabulary difficulties at age 5

are 3 times more likely to have mental health

problems in adulthood and twice as likely to

be unemployed when they reach adulthood

81 of children with emotional and

behavioural disorders have unidentified

SLCN

Lifelong Impact

60 of young offenders have

low language skills

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202026 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Scale of the problem

Approximately 10 of children

and young people have long-

term SLCN which cause them

significant difficulties with

communication or learning in

everyday life

Children from socially disadvantaged

families are more than twice as likely

to be diagnosed with a SLCN Due to

social clustering more than 50of

children living in areas of high social

deprivation may start school with

SLCN

In 201718 824 of all children

reached a lsquogood level of development

in communication and language skillsrsquo

at age five compared to only 719 of

children who were eligible for free

school meals

7190 8240

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202027 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

28

Giving every child the best start in life

December 2017

The Department for Education published lsquoUnlocking

Talent Fulfilling Potential a plan for improving social

mobility through educationrsquo on 14 December 2017

which sets out the Governmentrsquos ambitions for the

wider education system making sure that great

education translates into great opportunities and jobs

for everyone

July 2018

ldquo28 - of children finish their reception year still

without the early communication and reading skills

they need to thrive Itrsquos not acceptable and tackling it

must be our shared priority My ambition is to cut that

number in half over the next ten yearsrdquo

ndash Damian Hinds Former Secretary of State for

Education

Ambition Close the word gap in the early years

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

PHEDfE Programme of Work

Delivery of evidenced-based HV TrainingTraining for health visitors on speech language and communication needs

To equip health visitors with additional skills and knowledge to support families in

promoting early language acquisition in the home learning environment to support

improved health and wellbeing outcomes including school readiness

Development of an early language identification measure to support clinical

decision-making

Development and piloting of measure in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough Derbyshire

Wiltshire and Newham

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

For services for children 0-5 years built on the best evidence and experience of

implementation in practice

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202029 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Delivery of evidenced-based HV Training

30

Objectives

To increase health visitors knowledge of

Typical non-typical speech language and communication

development in all children

The impact of speech language and communication needs

on long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for children

Application of evidence-based strategies to promote speech

language and communication development with all children

and families

To be confident and able to

Identify risk factors for speech language and communication

needs (SLCN) through assessment

Use evidence-based strategies to support families when a

SLCN is identified and consider methods to demonstrate

impact of the interventions

Identify SLCN appropriate for referral to speech and

language therapy and or evidenced-based support through

local pathways

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

31

This project is being carried out by Newcastle University

This measure is being developed and piloted in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough

Derbyshire Newham and Wiltshire

The following research questions have been identified

1 Does the ASQ identify children with SLCN in the 24-30 age range measured against a gold

standard language assessment using standard productivity figures (sensitivity and specificity

etc)

2 To what extent is it possible to enhance the accuracy of this process by introducing a second

stage identification process for SLCN

3 What is the acceptability of using the combined procedure from the practitioner and parental

perspective

4 Can the findings be readily transferred into accessible intervention resources acceptable to

both parents and professionals

Development of an early language identification measure (ELIM) to support clinical decision-making

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

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Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 9: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

Parentsrsquo environments are saturated with positive messaging to raise awareness and promote behaviour change

Face-to-face support intensive where needed is available to parents and children who need help to make and sustain change

Meeting our ambitions for childrenrsquos early language and literacy outcomes demands a relentless focus throughout a childrsquos early years

A childrsquos early language and literacy outcomes

are determined by

What happens at home (including the HLE)

The support the child and family receives from local

services

The quality and duration of their early education

Children experience high quality early education that pushes them to achieve

And public private and third sector leaders services and communities work collectively towards this objective with purpose coherence and ambition

To drive the change we want to see we must ensure that in every place

THE HOME LOCAL SERVICES EARLY YEARS SETTINGS

Early Social Mobility programme ndash progress to date

Campaign launched ndash first wave of activity over the summer second planned for spring

Educational apps quality marked by independent education panel

Over 1000 Health Visitors trained in speech language amp communication needs

22 Early Years speech and language local authorities peer reviews conducted by gt 150 trained peers

Programme delivery underway across 51 LAs

Consultation on EYFS reforms launched in October 2019

34 schools designation lsquoEnglish Hubsrsquo supporting 85 schools in their regions

Home Learning Environment trials- Tips By Text - BIT- Level 4 Group Triple P ndash Triple P- The Real Programme - NCB- Parent Lives + - Family Lives

Early years professional development trials- Manor Park Talks ndash Sheringham Nursery School- The Hanen programme ndash Communicate SLT- Early Years Toolbox ndash Action for Children- Reception Jigsaw ndash White Rose Maths- Maths Champions - NDNA

Our delivery partners

Speech language amp communication assessment tool being developed and tested by Newcastle Universty

httpseducationendowmentfoundationorgukprojects-and-evaluationprojects

wwwhungrylittlemindscampaigngovuk

VCS projects underway to support delivery

Building the evidence base

EYFS reforms Context and update

14

Two key objectives reducing teacher workload and improving outcomes-particularly in early language for children from disadvantaged backgrounds

bull Revising the Early Learning Goals so that they

- Focus on strengthening language and vocabulary development

- Strengthen literacy and numeracy outcomes at the end of reception year

- Better prepare children for Key Stage 1 ndash by better aligning with Year 1

- Are based on the latest evidence in childhood development ndash and the strongest predictors of future attainment

- Are clearer for teachers to interpret ndash making the EYFSP assessment more straightforward

bull Streamlining assessment guidance and reviewing the moderation process to

- Reduce teacher workload and strongly encourage teachers to use their professional judgement and reduce reliance on recording unnecessary evidence

- Make clear that the ELGs are not the curriculum ndash they are an end point measure of what a child should be demonstrating by the end of the EYFS

bull The draft revised ELGs and EYFSP handbook were piloted in 24 schools during academic year 201819

bull The EEF and NatCen published their findings from the evaluation of the pilot in October 2019

bull A full public consultation on our EYFS proposals on the ELGs educational programmes and assessment process was launched on 24 October 2019 and closes on 31 January 2020

bull Statutory roll out of the reforms are expected in AY 202122 with plans for voluntary opt-in for AY 202021

EYFS quick recap

15

The EYFS statutory framework is mandatory in all early years settings It sets the standards that schools and early years providers must meet to ensure that children are taught and develop well and are kept healthy and safe in all early years settings from birth to age 5

The EYFS was first introduced in 2008 In 2012 following an independent review of evidence and practice (the Tickell Report 20116) the learning and development requirements were revised to create three prime areas of learning and four specific areas of learning rather than the previous six areas of learning It also introduced three characteristics of effective teaching and learning

Sections 1 and 2 of the EYFS framework set out the learning and development and assessment requirements and include the educational programmes early years providers are required to follow across the seven areas of learning7 All early years practitioners and teachers are required to pursue rich daily activities in supporting each childrsquos educational development under these areas

The EYFS framework does not prescribe a particular teaching approach It recognises that effective teaching in the early years requires skilled use of a teaching practice repertoire which responds appropriately to the age and needs of the children being taught In recognition of this the revised EYFS framework will include the definition of teaching currently included in Ofstedrsquos Early Years Inspection Handbook

EYFS reforms Pilot evaluation findings

16

bull The draft revised ELGs and EYFSP handbook were piloted in 24 schools during the academic year of 201819

bull The pilot was led by the Education Endowment Foundation in partnership with Natcenand Action for Children It began in September 2018 and concluded in July 2019

bull The key aim of the pilot was to test the deliverability of the new ELGs and the overall EYFSP assessment process

bull The pilot included testing of the revised set of Early Learning Goals and educational programmes and a revised approach to assessment and moderation

bull Pilot schools were purposively selected from a randomly generated sample with a mix of characteristics including

- location

- number of pupils

- percentage of children eligible for free school meals

- Ofsted rating

Key Evaluation Findings

bull Participants viewed the revised ELGs positively overall they also made practical suggestions about improving the revised ELGs

bull Schools reported that their workload had reduced due to less expectation for assessment and evidence-gathering Staff reported using this extra time to spend with children

bull The revised ELGs by themselves were not felt to be sufficient teachers wanted supporting materials such as exemplification and curriculum guidance

bull There were mixed views about whether children would be better prepared for key stage 1 and whether the new ELGs were more or less challenging than before Follow-up research would be required to investigate this further

bull Teachers welcomed using their own judgement and felt empowered to do so However some felt that external moderation would still be important for ensuring consistency between schools and for gaining alternative perspectives

EYFS reforms Consultation

17

In Scope Out of Scope

bull Prime and Specific Areas of Learning- these terms will remain ndash as will the areas of learning sitting underneath All the areas of learning are inter-connected and complement one another

bull Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning will remain central to the EYFS ndash no changes proposed

bull Good Level of Development (GLD) metric

bull The progress check at age 2 is not being consulted on

bull The reception baseline assessment is not in scope of this consultation

bull Educational Programmes

bull Early Learning Goals

bull EYFSP statutory LA moderation

bull Exceeded judgement

bull Promotion of oral health- proposal to include lsquopromotionrsquo as part of wider safeguarding and welfare To note- this is not a proposal for mandatory tooth brushing supervision

EYFS Reforms LampD requirements

18

bull Proposed revisions to the educational programmes- each programme has been re-written to provide detail on the kinds of activities practitioners and teachers can deliver in settings and classrooms to support day to day curriculum and practice

bull Communication and language has been threaded through all areas given it underpins all seven areas of learning

bull Proposed revisions to the Early Learning Goals (ELGs)- includes more clarity and specificity to descriptors and key changes to

bull Communication and language focus on oral language and vocabulary acquisitionbull PSED new ELG on self-regulation and inclusion of self-carebull Physical Development focus on gross and fine motor skillsbull Literacy new ELG on comprehensionbull Maths focus on depth of number and understanding quantities and continue to focus on space shapes

and measure through curriculumbull Understanding the World more defined descriptors as precursors to science history and geography and

remove IT bull Expressive Arts and Design clearer descriptors and emphasis on communication and language

EYFS Reforms Changes to assessment

19

EYFSP moderationbull EYFSP assessments are currently externally moderated on a statutory basis by LAs 25 of schools bull While moderation is an important part of ensuring that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

practitioners have told us that the external moderation process can be burdensome

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the statutory requirement for LAs to externally moderate EYFSP judgements Schools would be expected to continue to moderate internally and with other settings to ensure consistency of judgements and that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

EYFSP judgement criteriabull We have heard from experts practitioners and teachers that the exceeded descriptor is unhelpful in making consistent

and accurate judgements - there are inherent challenges in what level to pitch exceeded descriptors and that judging children as exceeded against descriptors generates additional unnecessary collection of evidence for internal and external moderation events

bull There is also broad consensus that our focus as practitioners and government should be on efforts to increase the number of children who achieve expected levels of development by the end of reception

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the exceeded criteria from the EYFSP Teachers will still be required to stretch more able children and support them to excel and provide a narrative for parents and the year 1 teacher

EYFS Reforms Non- statutory curriculum guidance

20

Improve early years outcomes

Reducing Workload Burdens

Specific Reception Year guidance

In line with wider policy ambitions- to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children to narrow development gaps

Re-casting the focus on curriculum rather than assessment and providing a foundation for helping teachers and practitioners to plan settingclassroom activities

Making reception year count ndash by supporting teachers with specific curriculum guidance to ensure all children have strong foundations to begin Year 1 This will be part of the overall guidance document covering the whole EYFS age-range

Curriculum guidance is currently being developed through an update of the Development Matters non-statutory guidance - aims to focus practitioners and teachers on the importance of rich daily activities to improve outcomes and help reduce workload

Dr Julian Grenier is leading this work with us We aim to roll out the new curriculum guidance alongside the EYFS reforms

We have taken on board feedback from the pilot evaluation and will continue to engage with the sector key experts and assess the responses from the consultation to ensure that these important reforms are delivered by a prepared early years workforce We will

Develop new exemplification guidance for the new ELGs to support teachers in making consistent judgements at lsquoexpectedrsquo level and ease the burden of moderation

Develop new non-statutory curriculum guidance to support the workforce delivering rich daily activities to improve outcomes in early language development

Support volunteer early adopter schools and local authorities ndash particularly in setting out a clear message of the rationale and nature of the changes and ensure the sector is prepared for national roll-out in AY 2021

21

EYFS Reforms Supporting implementation

Thank you

To keep updated with policy developments sign up to the Foundation Years newsletter athttpsfoundationyearsorguk

Closing the inequalities gap in speech

language and communication

Why does SLC matter in the early years

Early language development and communication skills are recognised as a primary

indicator of child wellbeing due to the link between language and other social emotional

and learning outcomes

Educational

Attainment

1 in 4 children who struggled

with language at the age of 5

did not reach the expected

standard in English at the end

of primary school compared

with 1 in 25 children who had

good language skills aged 5

Social Emotional and Mental Health

Children with vocabulary difficulties at age 5

are 3 times more likely to have mental health

problems in adulthood and twice as likely to

be unemployed when they reach adulthood

81 of children with emotional and

behavioural disorders have unidentified

SLCN

Lifelong Impact

60 of young offenders have

low language skills

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202026 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Scale of the problem

Approximately 10 of children

and young people have long-

term SLCN which cause them

significant difficulties with

communication or learning in

everyday life

Children from socially disadvantaged

families are more than twice as likely

to be diagnosed with a SLCN Due to

social clustering more than 50of

children living in areas of high social

deprivation may start school with

SLCN

In 201718 824 of all children

reached a lsquogood level of development

in communication and language skillsrsquo

at age five compared to only 719 of

children who were eligible for free

school meals

7190 8240

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202027 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

28

Giving every child the best start in life

December 2017

The Department for Education published lsquoUnlocking

Talent Fulfilling Potential a plan for improving social

mobility through educationrsquo on 14 December 2017

which sets out the Governmentrsquos ambitions for the

wider education system making sure that great

education translates into great opportunities and jobs

for everyone

July 2018

ldquo28 - of children finish their reception year still

without the early communication and reading skills

they need to thrive Itrsquos not acceptable and tackling it

must be our shared priority My ambition is to cut that

number in half over the next ten yearsrdquo

ndash Damian Hinds Former Secretary of State for

Education

Ambition Close the word gap in the early years

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

PHEDfE Programme of Work

Delivery of evidenced-based HV TrainingTraining for health visitors on speech language and communication needs

To equip health visitors with additional skills and knowledge to support families in

promoting early language acquisition in the home learning environment to support

improved health and wellbeing outcomes including school readiness

Development of an early language identification measure to support clinical

decision-making

Development and piloting of measure in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough Derbyshire

Wiltshire and Newham

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

For services for children 0-5 years built on the best evidence and experience of

implementation in practice

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202029 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Delivery of evidenced-based HV Training

30

Objectives

To increase health visitors knowledge of

Typical non-typical speech language and communication

development in all children

The impact of speech language and communication needs

on long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for children

Application of evidence-based strategies to promote speech

language and communication development with all children

and families

To be confident and able to

Identify risk factors for speech language and communication

needs (SLCN) through assessment

Use evidence-based strategies to support families when a

SLCN is identified and consider methods to demonstrate

impact of the interventions

Identify SLCN appropriate for referral to speech and

language therapy and or evidenced-based support through

local pathways

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

31

This project is being carried out by Newcastle University

This measure is being developed and piloted in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough

Derbyshire Newham and Wiltshire

The following research questions have been identified

1 Does the ASQ identify children with SLCN in the 24-30 age range measured against a gold

standard language assessment using standard productivity figures (sensitivity and specificity

etc)

2 To what extent is it possible to enhance the accuracy of this process by introducing a second

stage identification process for SLCN

3 What is the acceptability of using the combined procedure from the practitioner and parental

perspective

4 Can the findings be readily transferred into accessible intervention resources acceptable to

both parents and professionals

Development of an early language identification measure (ELIM) to support clinical decision-making

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 10: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

THE HOME LOCAL SERVICES EARLY YEARS SETTINGS

Early Social Mobility programme ndash progress to date

Campaign launched ndash first wave of activity over the summer second planned for spring

Educational apps quality marked by independent education panel

Over 1000 Health Visitors trained in speech language amp communication needs

22 Early Years speech and language local authorities peer reviews conducted by gt 150 trained peers

Programme delivery underway across 51 LAs

Consultation on EYFS reforms launched in October 2019

34 schools designation lsquoEnglish Hubsrsquo supporting 85 schools in their regions

Home Learning Environment trials- Tips By Text - BIT- Level 4 Group Triple P ndash Triple P- The Real Programme - NCB- Parent Lives + - Family Lives

Early years professional development trials- Manor Park Talks ndash Sheringham Nursery School- The Hanen programme ndash Communicate SLT- Early Years Toolbox ndash Action for Children- Reception Jigsaw ndash White Rose Maths- Maths Champions - NDNA

Our delivery partners

Speech language amp communication assessment tool being developed and tested by Newcastle Universty

httpseducationendowmentfoundationorgukprojects-and-evaluationprojects

wwwhungrylittlemindscampaigngovuk

VCS projects underway to support delivery

Building the evidence base

EYFS reforms Context and update

14

Two key objectives reducing teacher workload and improving outcomes-particularly in early language for children from disadvantaged backgrounds

bull Revising the Early Learning Goals so that they

- Focus on strengthening language and vocabulary development

- Strengthen literacy and numeracy outcomes at the end of reception year

- Better prepare children for Key Stage 1 ndash by better aligning with Year 1

- Are based on the latest evidence in childhood development ndash and the strongest predictors of future attainment

- Are clearer for teachers to interpret ndash making the EYFSP assessment more straightforward

bull Streamlining assessment guidance and reviewing the moderation process to

- Reduce teacher workload and strongly encourage teachers to use their professional judgement and reduce reliance on recording unnecessary evidence

- Make clear that the ELGs are not the curriculum ndash they are an end point measure of what a child should be demonstrating by the end of the EYFS

bull The draft revised ELGs and EYFSP handbook were piloted in 24 schools during academic year 201819

bull The EEF and NatCen published their findings from the evaluation of the pilot in October 2019

bull A full public consultation on our EYFS proposals on the ELGs educational programmes and assessment process was launched on 24 October 2019 and closes on 31 January 2020

bull Statutory roll out of the reforms are expected in AY 202122 with plans for voluntary opt-in for AY 202021

EYFS quick recap

15

The EYFS statutory framework is mandatory in all early years settings It sets the standards that schools and early years providers must meet to ensure that children are taught and develop well and are kept healthy and safe in all early years settings from birth to age 5

The EYFS was first introduced in 2008 In 2012 following an independent review of evidence and practice (the Tickell Report 20116) the learning and development requirements were revised to create three prime areas of learning and four specific areas of learning rather than the previous six areas of learning It also introduced three characteristics of effective teaching and learning

Sections 1 and 2 of the EYFS framework set out the learning and development and assessment requirements and include the educational programmes early years providers are required to follow across the seven areas of learning7 All early years practitioners and teachers are required to pursue rich daily activities in supporting each childrsquos educational development under these areas

The EYFS framework does not prescribe a particular teaching approach It recognises that effective teaching in the early years requires skilled use of a teaching practice repertoire which responds appropriately to the age and needs of the children being taught In recognition of this the revised EYFS framework will include the definition of teaching currently included in Ofstedrsquos Early Years Inspection Handbook

EYFS reforms Pilot evaluation findings

16

bull The draft revised ELGs and EYFSP handbook were piloted in 24 schools during the academic year of 201819

bull The pilot was led by the Education Endowment Foundation in partnership with Natcenand Action for Children It began in September 2018 and concluded in July 2019

bull The key aim of the pilot was to test the deliverability of the new ELGs and the overall EYFSP assessment process

bull The pilot included testing of the revised set of Early Learning Goals and educational programmes and a revised approach to assessment and moderation

bull Pilot schools were purposively selected from a randomly generated sample with a mix of characteristics including

- location

- number of pupils

- percentage of children eligible for free school meals

- Ofsted rating

Key Evaluation Findings

bull Participants viewed the revised ELGs positively overall they also made practical suggestions about improving the revised ELGs

bull Schools reported that their workload had reduced due to less expectation for assessment and evidence-gathering Staff reported using this extra time to spend with children

bull The revised ELGs by themselves were not felt to be sufficient teachers wanted supporting materials such as exemplification and curriculum guidance

bull There were mixed views about whether children would be better prepared for key stage 1 and whether the new ELGs were more or less challenging than before Follow-up research would be required to investigate this further

bull Teachers welcomed using their own judgement and felt empowered to do so However some felt that external moderation would still be important for ensuring consistency between schools and for gaining alternative perspectives

EYFS reforms Consultation

17

In Scope Out of Scope

bull Prime and Specific Areas of Learning- these terms will remain ndash as will the areas of learning sitting underneath All the areas of learning are inter-connected and complement one another

bull Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning will remain central to the EYFS ndash no changes proposed

bull Good Level of Development (GLD) metric

bull The progress check at age 2 is not being consulted on

bull The reception baseline assessment is not in scope of this consultation

bull Educational Programmes

bull Early Learning Goals

bull EYFSP statutory LA moderation

bull Exceeded judgement

bull Promotion of oral health- proposal to include lsquopromotionrsquo as part of wider safeguarding and welfare To note- this is not a proposal for mandatory tooth brushing supervision

EYFS Reforms LampD requirements

18

bull Proposed revisions to the educational programmes- each programme has been re-written to provide detail on the kinds of activities practitioners and teachers can deliver in settings and classrooms to support day to day curriculum and practice

bull Communication and language has been threaded through all areas given it underpins all seven areas of learning

bull Proposed revisions to the Early Learning Goals (ELGs)- includes more clarity and specificity to descriptors and key changes to

bull Communication and language focus on oral language and vocabulary acquisitionbull PSED new ELG on self-regulation and inclusion of self-carebull Physical Development focus on gross and fine motor skillsbull Literacy new ELG on comprehensionbull Maths focus on depth of number and understanding quantities and continue to focus on space shapes

and measure through curriculumbull Understanding the World more defined descriptors as precursors to science history and geography and

remove IT bull Expressive Arts and Design clearer descriptors and emphasis on communication and language

EYFS Reforms Changes to assessment

19

EYFSP moderationbull EYFSP assessments are currently externally moderated on a statutory basis by LAs 25 of schools bull While moderation is an important part of ensuring that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

practitioners have told us that the external moderation process can be burdensome

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the statutory requirement for LAs to externally moderate EYFSP judgements Schools would be expected to continue to moderate internally and with other settings to ensure consistency of judgements and that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

EYFSP judgement criteriabull We have heard from experts practitioners and teachers that the exceeded descriptor is unhelpful in making consistent

and accurate judgements - there are inherent challenges in what level to pitch exceeded descriptors and that judging children as exceeded against descriptors generates additional unnecessary collection of evidence for internal and external moderation events

bull There is also broad consensus that our focus as practitioners and government should be on efforts to increase the number of children who achieve expected levels of development by the end of reception

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the exceeded criteria from the EYFSP Teachers will still be required to stretch more able children and support them to excel and provide a narrative for parents and the year 1 teacher

EYFS Reforms Non- statutory curriculum guidance

20

Improve early years outcomes

Reducing Workload Burdens

Specific Reception Year guidance

In line with wider policy ambitions- to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children to narrow development gaps

Re-casting the focus on curriculum rather than assessment and providing a foundation for helping teachers and practitioners to plan settingclassroom activities

Making reception year count ndash by supporting teachers with specific curriculum guidance to ensure all children have strong foundations to begin Year 1 This will be part of the overall guidance document covering the whole EYFS age-range

Curriculum guidance is currently being developed through an update of the Development Matters non-statutory guidance - aims to focus practitioners and teachers on the importance of rich daily activities to improve outcomes and help reduce workload

Dr Julian Grenier is leading this work with us We aim to roll out the new curriculum guidance alongside the EYFS reforms

We have taken on board feedback from the pilot evaluation and will continue to engage with the sector key experts and assess the responses from the consultation to ensure that these important reforms are delivered by a prepared early years workforce We will

Develop new exemplification guidance for the new ELGs to support teachers in making consistent judgements at lsquoexpectedrsquo level and ease the burden of moderation

Develop new non-statutory curriculum guidance to support the workforce delivering rich daily activities to improve outcomes in early language development

Support volunteer early adopter schools and local authorities ndash particularly in setting out a clear message of the rationale and nature of the changes and ensure the sector is prepared for national roll-out in AY 2021

21

EYFS Reforms Supporting implementation

Thank you

To keep updated with policy developments sign up to the Foundation Years newsletter athttpsfoundationyearsorguk

Closing the inequalities gap in speech

language and communication

Why does SLC matter in the early years

Early language development and communication skills are recognised as a primary

indicator of child wellbeing due to the link between language and other social emotional

and learning outcomes

Educational

Attainment

1 in 4 children who struggled

with language at the age of 5

did not reach the expected

standard in English at the end

of primary school compared

with 1 in 25 children who had

good language skills aged 5

Social Emotional and Mental Health

Children with vocabulary difficulties at age 5

are 3 times more likely to have mental health

problems in adulthood and twice as likely to

be unemployed when they reach adulthood

81 of children with emotional and

behavioural disorders have unidentified

SLCN

Lifelong Impact

60 of young offenders have

low language skills

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202026 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Scale of the problem

Approximately 10 of children

and young people have long-

term SLCN which cause them

significant difficulties with

communication or learning in

everyday life

Children from socially disadvantaged

families are more than twice as likely

to be diagnosed with a SLCN Due to

social clustering more than 50of

children living in areas of high social

deprivation may start school with

SLCN

In 201718 824 of all children

reached a lsquogood level of development

in communication and language skillsrsquo

at age five compared to only 719 of

children who were eligible for free

school meals

7190 8240

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202027 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

28

Giving every child the best start in life

December 2017

The Department for Education published lsquoUnlocking

Talent Fulfilling Potential a plan for improving social

mobility through educationrsquo on 14 December 2017

which sets out the Governmentrsquos ambitions for the

wider education system making sure that great

education translates into great opportunities and jobs

for everyone

July 2018

ldquo28 - of children finish their reception year still

without the early communication and reading skills

they need to thrive Itrsquos not acceptable and tackling it

must be our shared priority My ambition is to cut that

number in half over the next ten yearsrdquo

ndash Damian Hinds Former Secretary of State for

Education

Ambition Close the word gap in the early years

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

PHEDfE Programme of Work

Delivery of evidenced-based HV TrainingTraining for health visitors on speech language and communication needs

To equip health visitors with additional skills and knowledge to support families in

promoting early language acquisition in the home learning environment to support

improved health and wellbeing outcomes including school readiness

Development of an early language identification measure to support clinical

decision-making

Development and piloting of measure in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough Derbyshire

Wiltshire and Newham

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

For services for children 0-5 years built on the best evidence and experience of

implementation in practice

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202029 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Delivery of evidenced-based HV Training

30

Objectives

To increase health visitors knowledge of

Typical non-typical speech language and communication

development in all children

The impact of speech language and communication needs

on long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for children

Application of evidence-based strategies to promote speech

language and communication development with all children

and families

To be confident and able to

Identify risk factors for speech language and communication

needs (SLCN) through assessment

Use evidence-based strategies to support families when a

SLCN is identified and consider methods to demonstrate

impact of the interventions

Identify SLCN appropriate for referral to speech and

language therapy and or evidenced-based support through

local pathways

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

31

This project is being carried out by Newcastle University

This measure is being developed and piloted in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough

Derbyshire Newham and Wiltshire

The following research questions have been identified

1 Does the ASQ identify children with SLCN in the 24-30 age range measured against a gold

standard language assessment using standard productivity figures (sensitivity and specificity

etc)

2 To what extent is it possible to enhance the accuracy of this process by introducing a second

stage identification process for SLCN

3 What is the acceptability of using the combined procedure from the practitioner and parental

perspective

4 Can the findings be readily transferred into accessible intervention resources acceptable to

both parents and professionals

Development of an early language identification measure (ELIM) to support clinical decision-making

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 11: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

EYFS reforms Context and update

14

Two key objectives reducing teacher workload and improving outcomes-particularly in early language for children from disadvantaged backgrounds

bull Revising the Early Learning Goals so that they

- Focus on strengthening language and vocabulary development

- Strengthen literacy and numeracy outcomes at the end of reception year

- Better prepare children for Key Stage 1 ndash by better aligning with Year 1

- Are based on the latest evidence in childhood development ndash and the strongest predictors of future attainment

- Are clearer for teachers to interpret ndash making the EYFSP assessment more straightforward

bull Streamlining assessment guidance and reviewing the moderation process to

- Reduce teacher workload and strongly encourage teachers to use their professional judgement and reduce reliance on recording unnecessary evidence

- Make clear that the ELGs are not the curriculum ndash they are an end point measure of what a child should be demonstrating by the end of the EYFS

bull The draft revised ELGs and EYFSP handbook were piloted in 24 schools during academic year 201819

bull The EEF and NatCen published their findings from the evaluation of the pilot in October 2019

bull A full public consultation on our EYFS proposals on the ELGs educational programmes and assessment process was launched on 24 October 2019 and closes on 31 January 2020

bull Statutory roll out of the reforms are expected in AY 202122 with plans for voluntary opt-in for AY 202021

EYFS quick recap

15

The EYFS statutory framework is mandatory in all early years settings It sets the standards that schools and early years providers must meet to ensure that children are taught and develop well and are kept healthy and safe in all early years settings from birth to age 5

The EYFS was first introduced in 2008 In 2012 following an independent review of evidence and practice (the Tickell Report 20116) the learning and development requirements were revised to create three prime areas of learning and four specific areas of learning rather than the previous six areas of learning It also introduced three characteristics of effective teaching and learning

Sections 1 and 2 of the EYFS framework set out the learning and development and assessment requirements and include the educational programmes early years providers are required to follow across the seven areas of learning7 All early years practitioners and teachers are required to pursue rich daily activities in supporting each childrsquos educational development under these areas

The EYFS framework does not prescribe a particular teaching approach It recognises that effective teaching in the early years requires skilled use of a teaching practice repertoire which responds appropriately to the age and needs of the children being taught In recognition of this the revised EYFS framework will include the definition of teaching currently included in Ofstedrsquos Early Years Inspection Handbook

EYFS reforms Pilot evaluation findings

16

bull The draft revised ELGs and EYFSP handbook were piloted in 24 schools during the academic year of 201819

bull The pilot was led by the Education Endowment Foundation in partnership with Natcenand Action for Children It began in September 2018 and concluded in July 2019

bull The key aim of the pilot was to test the deliverability of the new ELGs and the overall EYFSP assessment process

bull The pilot included testing of the revised set of Early Learning Goals and educational programmes and a revised approach to assessment and moderation

bull Pilot schools were purposively selected from a randomly generated sample with a mix of characteristics including

- location

- number of pupils

- percentage of children eligible for free school meals

- Ofsted rating

Key Evaluation Findings

bull Participants viewed the revised ELGs positively overall they also made practical suggestions about improving the revised ELGs

bull Schools reported that their workload had reduced due to less expectation for assessment and evidence-gathering Staff reported using this extra time to spend with children

bull The revised ELGs by themselves were not felt to be sufficient teachers wanted supporting materials such as exemplification and curriculum guidance

bull There were mixed views about whether children would be better prepared for key stage 1 and whether the new ELGs were more or less challenging than before Follow-up research would be required to investigate this further

bull Teachers welcomed using their own judgement and felt empowered to do so However some felt that external moderation would still be important for ensuring consistency between schools and for gaining alternative perspectives

EYFS reforms Consultation

17

In Scope Out of Scope

bull Prime and Specific Areas of Learning- these terms will remain ndash as will the areas of learning sitting underneath All the areas of learning are inter-connected and complement one another

bull Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning will remain central to the EYFS ndash no changes proposed

bull Good Level of Development (GLD) metric

bull The progress check at age 2 is not being consulted on

bull The reception baseline assessment is not in scope of this consultation

bull Educational Programmes

bull Early Learning Goals

bull EYFSP statutory LA moderation

bull Exceeded judgement

bull Promotion of oral health- proposal to include lsquopromotionrsquo as part of wider safeguarding and welfare To note- this is not a proposal for mandatory tooth brushing supervision

EYFS Reforms LampD requirements

18

bull Proposed revisions to the educational programmes- each programme has been re-written to provide detail on the kinds of activities practitioners and teachers can deliver in settings and classrooms to support day to day curriculum and practice

bull Communication and language has been threaded through all areas given it underpins all seven areas of learning

bull Proposed revisions to the Early Learning Goals (ELGs)- includes more clarity and specificity to descriptors and key changes to

bull Communication and language focus on oral language and vocabulary acquisitionbull PSED new ELG on self-regulation and inclusion of self-carebull Physical Development focus on gross and fine motor skillsbull Literacy new ELG on comprehensionbull Maths focus on depth of number and understanding quantities and continue to focus on space shapes

and measure through curriculumbull Understanding the World more defined descriptors as precursors to science history and geography and

remove IT bull Expressive Arts and Design clearer descriptors and emphasis on communication and language

EYFS Reforms Changes to assessment

19

EYFSP moderationbull EYFSP assessments are currently externally moderated on a statutory basis by LAs 25 of schools bull While moderation is an important part of ensuring that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

practitioners have told us that the external moderation process can be burdensome

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the statutory requirement for LAs to externally moderate EYFSP judgements Schools would be expected to continue to moderate internally and with other settings to ensure consistency of judgements and that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

EYFSP judgement criteriabull We have heard from experts practitioners and teachers that the exceeded descriptor is unhelpful in making consistent

and accurate judgements - there are inherent challenges in what level to pitch exceeded descriptors and that judging children as exceeded against descriptors generates additional unnecessary collection of evidence for internal and external moderation events

bull There is also broad consensus that our focus as practitioners and government should be on efforts to increase the number of children who achieve expected levels of development by the end of reception

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the exceeded criteria from the EYFSP Teachers will still be required to stretch more able children and support them to excel and provide a narrative for parents and the year 1 teacher

EYFS Reforms Non- statutory curriculum guidance

20

Improve early years outcomes

Reducing Workload Burdens

Specific Reception Year guidance

In line with wider policy ambitions- to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children to narrow development gaps

Re-casting the focus on curriculum rather than assessment and providing a foundation for helping teachers and practitioners to plan settingclassroom activities

Making reception year count ndash by supporting teachers with specific curriculum guidance to ensure all children have strong foundations to begin Year 1 This will be part of the overall guidance document covering the whole EYFS age-range

Curriculum guidance is currently being developed through an update of the Development Matters non-statutory guidance - aims to focus practitioners and teachers on the importance of rich daily activities to improve outcomes and help reduce workload

Dr Julian Grenier is leading this work with us We aim to roll out the new curriculum guidance alongside the EYFS reforms

We have taken on board feedback from the pilot evaluation and will continue to engage with the sector key experts and assess the responses from the consultation to ensure that these important reforms are delivered by a prepared early years workforce We will

Develop new exemplification guidance for the new ELGs to support teachers in making consistent judgements at lsquoexpectedrsquo level and ease the burden of moderation

Develop new non-statutory curriculum guidance to support the workforce delivering rich daily activities to improve outcomes in early language development

Support volunteer early adopter schools and local authorities ndash particularly in setting out a clear message of the rationale and nature of the changes and ensure the sector is prepared for national roll-out in AY 2021

21

EYFS Reforms Supporting implementation

Thank you

To keep updated with policy developments sign up to the Foundation Years newsletter athttpsfoundationyearsorguk

Closing the inequalities gap in speech

language and communication

Why does SLC matter in the early years

Early language development and communication skills are recognised as a primary

indicator of child wellbeing due to the link between language and other social emotional

and learning outcomes

Educational

Attainment

1 in 4 children who struggled

with language at the age of 5

did not reach the expected

standard in English at the end

of primary school compared

with 1 in 25 children who had

good language skills aged 5

Social Emotional and Mental Health

Children with vocabulary difficulties at age 5

are 3 times more likely to have mental health

problems in adulthood and twice as likely to

be unemployed when they reach adulthood

81 of children with emotional and

behavioural disorders have unidentified

SLCN

Lifelong Impact

60 of young offenders have

low language skills

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202026 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Scale of the problem

Approximately 10 of children

and young people have long-

term SLCN which cause them

significant difficulties with

communication or learning in

everyday life

Children from socially disadvantaged

families are more than twice as likely

to be diagnosed with a SLCN Due to

social clustering more than 50of

children living in areas of high social

deprivation may start school with

SLCN

In 201718 824 of all children

reached a lsquogood level of development

in communication and language skillsrsquo

at age five compared to only 719 of

children who were eligible for free

school meals

7190 8240

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202027 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

28

Giving every child the best start in life

December 2017

The Department for Education published lsquoUnlocking

Talent Fulfilling Potential a plan for improving social

mobility through educationrsquo on 14 December 2017

which sets out the Governmentrsquos ambitions for the

wider education system making sure that great

education translates into great opportunities and jobs

for everyone

July 2018

ldquo28 - of children finish their reception year still

without the early communication and reading skills

they need to thrive Itrsquos not acceptable and tackling it

must be our shared priority My ambition is to cut that

number in half over the next ten yearsrdquo

ndash Damian Hinds Former Secretary of State for

Education

Ambition Close the word gap in the early years

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

PHEDfE Programme of Work

Delivery of evidenced-based HV TrainingTraining for health visitors on speech language and communication needs

To equip health visitors with additional skills and knowledge to support families in

promoting early language acquisition in the home learning environment to support

improved health and wellbeing outcomes including school readiness

Development of an early language identification measure to support clinical

decision-making

Development and piloting of measure in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough Derbyshire

Wiltshire and Newham

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

For services for children 0-5 years built on the best evidence and experience of

implementation in practice

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202029 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Delivery of evidenced-based HV Training

30

Objectives

To increase health visitors knowledge of

Typical non-typical speech language and communication

development in all children

The impact of speech language and communication needs

on long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for children

Application of evidence-based strategies to promote speech

language and communication development with all children

and families

To be confident and able to

Identify risk factors for speech language and communication

needs (SLCN) through assessment

Use evidence-based strategies to support families when a

SLCN is identified and consider methods to demonstrate

impact of the interventions

Identify SLCN appropriate for referral to speech and

language therapy and or evidenced-based support through

local pathways

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

31

This project is being carried out by Newcastle University

This measure is being developed and piloted in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough

Derbyshire Newham and Wiltshire

The following research questions have been identified

1 Does the ASQ identify children with SLCN in the 24-30 age range measured against a gold

standard language assessment using standard productivity figures (sensitivity and specificity

etc)

2 To what extent is it possible to enhance the accuracy of this process by introducing a second

stage identification process for SLCN

3 What is the acceptability of using the combined procedure from the practitioner and parental

perspective

4 Can the findings be readily transferred into accessible intervention resources acceptable to

both parents and professionals

Development of an early language identification measure (ELIM) to support clinical decision-making

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

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EYFS quick recap

15

The EYFS statutory framework is mandatory in all early years settings It sets the standards that schools and early years providers must meet to ensure that children are taught and develop well and are kept healthy and safe in all early years settings from birth to age 5

The EYFS was first introduced in 2008 In 2012 following an independent review of evidence and practice (the Tickell Report 20116) the learning and development requirements were revised to create three prime areas of learning and four specific areas of learning rather than the previous six areas of learning It also introduced three characteristics of effective teaching and learning

Sections 1 and 2 of the EYFS framework set out the learning and development and assessment requirements and include the educational programmes early years providers are required to follow across the seven areas of learning7 All early years practitioners and teachers are required to pursue rich daily activities in supporting each childrsquos educational development under these areas

The EYFS framework does not prescribe a particular teaching approach It recognises that effective teaching in the early years requires skilled use of a teaching practice repertoire which responds appropriately to the age and needs of the children being taught In recognition of this the revised EYFS framework will include the definition of teaching currently included in Ofstedrsquos Early Years Inspection Handbook

EYFS reforms Pilot evaluation findings

16

bull The draft revised ELGs and EYFSP handbook were piloted in 24 schools during the academic year of 201819

bull The pilot was led by the Education Endowment Foundation in partnership with Natcenand Action for Children It began in September 2018 and concluded in July 2019

bull The key aim of the pilot was to test the deliverability of the new ELGs and the overall EYFSP assessment process

bull The pilot included testing of the revised set of Early Learning Goals and educational programmes and a revised approach to assessment and moderation

bull Pilot schools were purposively selected from a randomly generated sample with a mix of characteristics including

- location

- number of pupils

- percentage of children eligible for free school meals

- Ofsted rating

Key Evaluation Findings

bull Participants viewed the revised ELGs positively overall they also made practical suggestions about improving the revised ELGs

bull Schools reported that their workload had reduced due to less expectation for assessment and evidence-gathering Staff reported using this extra time to spend with children

bull The revised ELGs by themselves were not felt to be sufficient teachers wanted supporting materials such as exemplification and curriculum guidance

bull There were mixed views about whether children would be better prepared for key stage 1 and whether the new ELGs were more or less challenging than before Follow-up research would be required to investigate this further

bull Teachers welcomed using their own judgement and felt empowered to do so However some felt that external moderation would still be important for ensuring consistency between schools and for gaining alternative perspectives

EYFS reforms Consultation

17

In Scope Out of Scope

bull Prime and Specific Areas of Learning- these terms will remain ndash as will the areas of learning sitting underneath All the areas of learning are inter-connected and complement one another

bull Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning will remain central to the EYFS ndash no changes proposed

bull Good Level of Development (GLD) metric

bull The progress check at age 2 is not being consulted on

bull The reception baseline assessment is not in scope of this consultation

bull Educational Programmes

bull Early Learning Goals

bull EYFSP statutory LA moderation

bull Exceeded judgement

bull Promotion of oral health- proposal to include lsquopromotionrsquo as part of wider safeguarding and welfare To note- this is not a proposal for mandatory tooth brushing supervision

EYFS Reforms LampD requirements

18

bull Proposed revisions to the educational programmes- each programme has been re-written to provide detail on the kinds of activities practitioners and teachers can deliver in settings and classrooms to support day to day curriculum and practice

bull Communication and language has been threaded through all areas given it underpins all seven areas of learning

bull Proposed revisions to the Early Learning Goals (ELGs)- includes more clarity and specificity to descriptors and key changes to

bull Communication and language focus on oral language and vocabulary acquisitionbull PSED new ELG on self-regulation and inclusion of self-carebull Physical Development focus on gross and fine motor skillsbull Literacy new ELG on comprehensionbull Maths focus on depth of number and understanding quantities and continue to focus on space shapes

and measure through curriculumbull Understanding the World more defined descriptors as precursors to science history and geography and

remove IT bull Expressive Arts and Design clearer descriptors and emphasis on communication and language

EYFS Reforms Changes to assessment

19

EYFSP moderationbull EYFSP assessments are currently externally moderated on a statutory basis by LAs 25 of schools bull While moderation is an important part of ensuring that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

practitioners have told us that the external moderation process can be burdensome

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the statutory requirement for LAs to externally moderate EYFSP judgements Schools would be expected to continue to moderate internally and with other settings to ensure consistency of judgements and that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

EYFSP judgement criteriabull We have heard from experts practitioners and teachers that the exceeded descriptor is unhelpful in making consistent

and accurate judgements - there are inherent challenges in what level to pitch exceeded descriptors and that judging children as exceeded against descriptors generates additional unnecessary collection of evidence for internal and external moderation events

bull There is also broad consensus that our focus as practitioners and government should be on efforts to increase the number of children who achieve expected levels of development by the end of reception

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the exceeded criteria from the EYFSP Teachers will still be required to stretch more able children and support them to excel and provide a narrative for parents and the year 1 teacher

EYFS Reforms Non- statutory curriculum guidance

20

Improve early years outcomes

Reducing Workload Burdens

Specific Reception Year guidance

In line with wider policy ambitions- to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children to narrow development gaps

Re-casting the focus on curriculum rather than assessment and providing a foundation for helping teachers and practitioners to plan settingclassroom activities

Making reception year count ndash by supporting teachers with specific curriculum guidance to ensure all children have strong foundations to begin Year 1 This will be part of the overall guidance document covering the whole EYFS age-range

Curriculum guidance is currently being developed through an update of the Development Matters non-statutory guidance - aims to focus practitioners and teachers on the importance of rich daily activities to improve outcomes and help reduce workload

Dr Julian Grenier is leading this work with us We aim to roll out the new curriculum guidance alongside the EYFS reforms

We have taken on board feedback from the pilot evaluation and will continue to engage with the sector key experts and assess the responses from the consultation to ensure that these important reforms are delivered by a prepared early years workforce We will

Develop new exemplification guidance for the new ELGs to support teachers in making consistent judgements at lsquoexpectedrsquo level and ease the burden of moderation

Develop new non-statutory curriculum guidance to support the workforce delivering rich daily activities to improve outcomes in early language development

Support volunteer early adopter schools and local authorities ndash particularly in setting out a clear message of the rationale and nature of the changes and ensure the sector is prepared for national roll-out in AY 2021

21

EYFS Reforms Supporting implementation

Thank you

To keep updated with policy developments sign up to the Foundation Years newsletter athttpsfoundationyearsorguk

Closing the inequalities gap in speech

language and communication

Why does SLC matter in the early years

Early language development and communication skills are recognised as a primary

indicator of child wellbeing due to the link between language and other social emotional

and learning outcomes

Educational

Attainment

1 in 4 children who struggled

with language at the age of 5

did not reach the expected

standard in English at the end

of primary school compared

with 1 in 25 children who had

good language skills aged 5

Social Emotional and Mental Health

Children with vocabulary difficulties at age 5

are 3 times more likely to have mental health

problems in adulthood and twice as likely to

be unemployed when they reach adulthood

81 of children with emotional and

behavioural disorders have unidentified

SLCN

Lifelong Impact

60 of young offenders have

low language skills

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202026 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Scale of the problem

Approximately 10 of children

and young people have long-

term SLCN which cause them

significant difficulties with

communication or learning in

everyday life

Children from socially disadvantaged

families are more than twice as likely

to be diagnosed with a SLCN Due to

social clustering more than 50of

children living in areas of high social

deprivation may start school with

SLCN

In 201718 824 of all children

reached a lsquogood level of development

in communication and language skillsrsquo

at age five compared to only 719 of

children who were eligible for free

school meals

7190 8240

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202027 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

28

Giving every child the best start in life

December 2017

The Department for Education published lsquoUnlocking

Talent Fulfilling Potential a plan for improving social

mobility through educationrsquo on 14 December 2017

which sets out the Governmentrsquos ambitions for the

wider education system making sure that great

education translates into great opportunities and jobs

for everyone

July 2018

ldquo28 - of children finish their reception year still

without the early communication and reading skills

they need to thrive Itrsquos not acceptable and tackling it

must be our shared priority My ambition is to cut that

number in half over the next ten yearsrdquo

ndash Damian Hinds Former Secretary of State for

Education

Ambition Close the word gap in the early years

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

PHEDfE Programme of Work

Delivery of evidenced-based HV TrainingTraining for health visitors on speech language and communication needs

To equip health visitors with additional skills and knowledge to support families in

promoting early language acquisition in the home learning environment to support

improved health and wellbeing outcomes including school readiness

Development of an early language identification measure to support clinical

decision-making

Development and piloting of measure in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough Derbyshire

Wiltshire and Newham

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

For services for children 0-5 years built on the best evidence and experience of

implementation in practice

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202029 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Delivery of evidenced-based HV Training

30

Objectives

To increase health visitors knowledge of

Typical non-typical speech language and communication

development in all children

The impact of speech language and communication needs

on long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for children

Application of evidence-based strategies to promote speech

language and communication development with all children

and families

To be confident and able to

Identify risk factors for speech language and communication

needs (SLCN) through assessment

Use evidence-based strategies to support families when a

SLCN is identified and consider methods to demonstrate

impact of the interventions

Identify SLCN appropriate for referral to speech and

language therapy and or evidenced-based support through

local pathways

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

31

This project is being carried out by Newcastle University

This measure is being developed and piloted in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough

Derbyshire Newham and Wiltshire

The following research questions have been identified

1 Does the ASQ identify children with SLCN in the 24-30 age range measured against a gold

standard language assessment using standard productivity figures (sensitivity and specificity

etc)

2 To what extent is it possible to enhance the accuracy of this process by introducing a second

stage identification process for SLCN

3 What is the acceptability of using the combined procedure from the practitioner and parental

perspective

4 Can the findings be readily transferred into accessible intervention resources acceptable to

both parents and professionals

Development of an early language identification measure (ELIM) to support clinical decision-making

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

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EYFS reforms Pilot evaluation findings

16

bull The draft revised ELGs and EYFSP handbook were piloted in 24 schools during the academic year of 201819

bull The pilot was led by the Education Endowment Foundation in partnership with Natcenand Action for Children It began in September 2018 and concluded in July 2019

bull The key aim of the pilot was to test the deliverability of the new ELGs and the overall EYFSP assessment process

bull The pilot included testing of the revised set of Early Learning Goals and educational programmes and a revised approach to assessment and moderation

bull Pilot schools were purposively selected from a randomly generated sample with a mix of characteristics including

- location

- number of pupils

- percentage of children eligible for free school meals

- Ofsted rating

Key Evaluation Findings

bull Participants viewed the revised ELGs positively overall they also made practical suggestions about improving the revised ELGs

bull Schools reported that their workload had reduced due to less expectation for assessment and evidence-gathering Staff reported using this extra time to spend with children

bull The revised ELGs by themselves were not felt to be sufficient teachers wanted supporting materials such as exemplification and curriculum guidance

bull There were mixed views about whether children would be better prepared for key stage 1 and whether the new ELGs were more or less challenging than before Follow-up research would be required to investigate this further

bull Teachers welcomed using their own judgement and felt empowered to do so However some felt that external moderation would still be important for ensuring consistency between schools and for gaining alternative perspectives

EYFS reforms Consultation

17

In Scope Out of Scope

bull Prime and Specific Areas of Learning- these terms will remain ndash as will the areas of learning sitting underneath All the areas of learning are inter-connected and complement one another

bull Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning will remain central to the EYFS ndash no changes proposed

bull Good Level of Development (GLD) metric

bull The progress check at age 2 is not being consulted on

bull The reception baseline assessment is not in scope of this consultation

bull Educational Programmes

bull Early Learning Goals

bull EYFSP statutory LA moderation

bull Exceeded judgement

bull Promotion of oral health- proposal to include lsquopromotionrsquo as part of wider safeguarding and welfare To note- this is not a proposal for mandatory tooth brushing supervision

EYFS Reforms LampD requirements

18

bull Proposed revisions to the educational programmes- each programme has been re-written to provide detail on the kinds of activities practitioners and teachers can deliver in settings and classrooms to support day to day curriculum and practice

bull Communication and language has been threaded through all areas given it underpins all seven areas of learning

bull Proposed revisions to the Early Learning Goals (ELGs)- includes more clarity and specificity to descriptors and key changes to

bull Communication and language focus on oral language and vocabulary acquisitionbull PSED new ELG on self-regulation and inclusion of self-carebull Physical Development focus on gross and fine motor skillsbull Literacy new ELG on comprehensionbull Maths focus on depth of number and understanding quantities and continue to focus on space shapes

and measure through curriculumbull Understanding the World more defined descriptors as precursors to science history and geography and

remove IT bull Expressive Arts and Design clearer descriptors and emphasis on communication and language

EYFS Reforms Changes to assessment

19

EYFSP moderationbull EYFSP assessments are currently externally moderated on a statutory basis by LAs 25 of schools bull While moderation is an important part of ensuring that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

practitioners have told us that the external moderation process can be burdensome

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the statutory requirement for LAs to externally moderate EYFSP judgements Schools would be expected to continue to moderate internally and with other settings to ensure consistency of judgements and that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

EYFSP judgement criteriabull We have heard from experts practitioners and teachers that the exceeded descriptor is unhelpful in making consistent

and accurate judgements - there are inherent challenges in what level to pitch exceeded descriptors and that judging children as exceeded against descriptors generates additional unnecessary collection of evidence for internal and external moderation events

bull There is also broad consensus that our focus as practitioners and government should be on efforts to increase the number of children who achieve expected levels of development by the end of reception

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the exceeded criteria from the EYFSP Teachers will still be required to stretch more able children and support them to excel and provide a narrative for parents and the year 1 teacher

EYFS Reforms Non- statutory curriculum guidance

20

Improve early years outcomes

Reducing Workload Burdens

Specific Reception Year guidance

In line with wider policy ambitions- to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children to narrow development gaps

Re-casting the focus on curriculum rather than assessment and providing a foundation for helping teachers and practitioners to plan settingclassroom activities

Making reception year count ndash by supporting teachers with specific curriculum guidance to ensure all children have strong foundations to begin Year 1 This will be part of the overall guidance document covering the whole EYFS age-range

Curriculum guidance is currently being developed through an update of the Development Matters non-statutory guidance - aims to focus practitioners and teachers on the importance of rich daily activities to improve outcomes and help reduce workload

Dr Julian Grenier is leading this work with us We aim to roll out the new curriculum guidance alongside the EYFS reforms

We have taken on board feedback from the pilot evaluation and will continue to engage with the sector key experts and assess the responses from the consultation to ensure that these important reforms are delivered by a prepared early years workforce We will

Develop new exemplification guidance for the new ELGs to support teachers in making consistent judgements at lsquoexpectedrsquo level and ease the burden of moderation

Develop new non-statutory curriculum guidance to support the workforce delivering rich daily activities to improve outcomes in early language development

Support volunteer early adopter schools and local authorities ndash particularly in setting out a clear message of the rationale and nature of the changes and ensure the sector is prepared for national roll-out in AY 2021

21

EYFS Reforms Supporting implementation

Thank you

To keep updated with policy developments sign up to the Foundation Years newsletter athttpsfoundationyearsorguk

Closing the inequalities gap in speech

language and communication

Why does SLC matter in the early years

Early language development and communication skills are recognised as a primary

indicator of child wellbeing due to the link between language and other social emotional

and learning outcomes

Educational

Attainment

1 in 4 children who struggled

with language at the age of 5

did not reach the expected

standard in English at the end

of primary school compared

with 1 in 25 children who had

good language skills aged 5

Social Emotional and Mental Health

Children with vocabulary difficulties at age 5

are 3 times more likely to have mental health

problems in adulthood and twice as likely to

be unemployed when they reach adulthood

81 of children with emotional and

behavioural disorders have unidentified

SLCN

Lifelong Impact

60 of young offenders have

low language skills

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202026 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Scale of the problem

Approximately 10 of children

and young people have long-

term SLCN which cause them

significant difficulties with

communication or learning in

everyday life

Children from socially disadvantaged

families are more than twice as likely

to be diagnosed with a SLCN Due to

social clustering more than 50of

children living in areas of high social

deprivation may start school with

SLCN

In 201718 824 of all children

reached a lsquogood level of development

in communication and language skillsrsquo

at age five compared to only 719 of

children who were eligible for free

school meals

7190 8240

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202027 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

28

Giving every child the best start in life

December 2017

The Department for Education published lsquoUnlocking

Talent Fulfilling Potential a plan for improving social

mobility through educationrsquo on 14 December 2017

which sets out the Governmentrsquos ambitions for the

wider education system making sure that great

education translates into great opportunities and jobs

for everyone

July 2018

ldquo28 - of children finish their reception year still

without the early communication and reading skills

they need to thrive Itrsquos not acceptable and tackling it

must be our shared priority My ambition is to cut that

number in half over the next ten yearsrdquo

ndash Damian Hinds Former Secretary of State for

Education

Ambition Close the word gap in the early years

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

PHEDfE Programme of Work

Delivery of evidenced-based HV TrainingTraining for health visitors on speech language and communication needs

To equip health visitors with additional skills and knowledge to support families in

promoting early language acquisition in the home learning environment to support

improved health and wellbeing outcomes including school readiness

Development of an early language identification measure to support clinical

decision-making

Development and piloting of measure in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough Derbyshire

Wiltshire and Newham

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

For services for children 0-5 years built on the best evidence and experience of

implementation in practice

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202029 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Delivery of evidenced-based HV Training

30

Objectives

To increase health visitors knowledge of

Typical non-typical speech language and communication

development in all children

The impact of speech language and communication needs

on long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for children

Application of evidence-based strategies to promote speech

language and communication development with all children

and families

To be confident and able to

Identify risk factors for speech language and communication

needs (SLCN) through assessment

Use evidence-based strategies to support families when a

SLCN is identified and consider methods to demonstrate

impact of the interventions

Identify SLCN appropriate for referral to speech and

language therapy and or evidenced-based support through

local pathways

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

31

This project is being carried out by Newcastle University

This measure is being developed and piloted in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough

Derbyshire Newham and Wiltshire

The following research questions have been identified

1 Does the ASQ identify children with SLCN in the 24-30 age range measured against a gold

standard language assessment using standard productivity figures (sensitivity and specificity

etc)

2 To what extent is it possible to enhance the accuracy of this process by introducing a second

stage identification process for SLCN

3 What is the acceptability of using the combined procedure from the practitioner and parental

perspective

4 Can the findings be readily transferred into accessible intervention resources acceptable to

both parents and professionals

Development of an early language identification measure (ELIM) to support clinical decision-making

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 14: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

EYFS reforms Consultation

17

In Scope Out of Scope

bull Prime and Specific Areas of Learning- these terms will remain ndash as will the areas of learning sitting underneath All the areas of learning are inter-connected and complement one another

bull Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning will remain central to the EYFS ndash no changes proposed

bull Good Level of Development (GLD) metric

bull The progress check at age 2 is not being consulted on

bull The reception baseline assessment is not in scope of this consultation

bull Educational Programmes

bull Early Learning Goals

bull EYFSP statutory LA moderation

bull Exceeded judgement

bull Promotion of oral health- proposal to include lsquopromotionrsquo as part of wider safeguarding and welfare To note- this is not a proposal for mandatory tooth brushing supervision

EYFS Reforms LampD requirements

18

bull Proposed revisions to the educational programmes- each programme has been re-written to provide detail on the kinds of activities practitioners and teachers can deliver in settings and classrooms to support day to day curriculum and practice

bull Communication and language has been threaded through all areas given it underpins all seven areas of learning

bull Proposed revisions to the Early Learning Goals (ELGs)- includes more clarity and specificity to descriptors and key changes to

bull Communication and language focus on oral language and vocabulary acquisitionbull PSED new ELG on self-regulation and inclusion of self-carebull Physical Development focus on gross and fine motor skillsbull Literacy new ELG on comprehensionbull Maths focus on depth of number and understanding quantities and continue to focus on space shapes

and measure through curriculumbull Understanding the World more defined descriptors as precursors to science history and geography and

remove IT bull Expressive Arts and Design clearer descriptors and emphasis on communication and language

EYFS Reforms Changes to assessment

19

EYFSP moderationbull EYFSP assessments are currently externally moderated on a statutory basis by LAs 25 of schools bull While moderation is an important part of ensuring that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

practitioners have told us that the external moderation process can be burdensome

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the statutory requirement for LAs to externally moderate EYFSP judgements Schools would be expected to continue to moderate internally and with other settings to ensure consistency of judgements and that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

EYFSP judgement criteriabull We have heard from experts practitioners and teachers that the exceeded descriptor is unhelpful in making consistent

and accurate judgements - there are inherent challenges in what level to pitch exceeded descriptors and that judging children as exceeded against descriptors generates additional unnecessary collection of evidence for internal and external moderation events

bull There is also broad consensus that our focus as practitioners and government should be on efforts to increase the number of children who achieve expected levels of development by the end of reception

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the exceeded criteria from the EYFSP Teachers will still be required to stretch more able children and support them to excel and provide a narrative for parents and the year 1 teacher

EYFS Reforms Non- statutory curriculum guidance

20

Improve early years outcomes

Reducing Workload Burdens

Specific Reception Year guidance

In line with wider policy ambitions- to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children to narrow development gaps

Re-casting the focus on curriculum rather than assessment and providing a foundation for helping teachers and practitioners to plan settingclassroom activities

Making reception year count ndash by supporting teachers with specific curriculum guidance to ensure all children have strong foundations to begin Year 1 This will be part of the overall guidance document covering the whole EYFS age-range

Curriculum guidance is currently being developed through an update of the Development Matters non-statutory guidance - aims to focus practitioners and teachers on the importance of rich daily activities to improve outcomes and help reduce workload

Dr Julian Grenier is leading this work with us We aim to roll out the new curriculum guidance alongside the EYFS reforms

We have taken on board feedback from the pilot evaluation and will continue to engage with the sector key experts and assess the responses from the consultation to ensure that these important reforms are delivered by a prepared early years workforce We will

Develop new exemplification guidance for the new ELGs to support teachers in making consistent judgements at lsquoexpectedrsquo level and ease the burden of moderation

Develop new non-statutory curriculum guidance to support the workforce delivering rich daily activities to improve outcomes in early language development

Support volunteer early adopter schools and local authorities ndash particularly in setting out a clear message of the rationale and nature of the changes and ensure the sector is prepared for national roll-out in AY 2021

21

EYFS Reforms Supporting implementation

Thank you

To keep updated with policy developments sign up to the Foundation Years newsletter athttpsfoundationyearsorguk

Closing the inequalities gap in speech

language and communication

Why does SLC matter in the early years

Early language development and communication skills are recognised as a primary

indicator of child wellbeing due to the link between language and other social emotional

and learning outcomes

Educational

Attainment

1 in 4 children who struggled

with language at the age of 5

did not reach the expected

standard in English at the end

of primary school compared

with 1 in 25 children who had

good language skills aged 5

Social Emotional and Mental Health

Children with vocabulary difficulties at age 5

are 3 times more likely to have mental health

problems in adulthood and twice as likely to

be unemployed when they reach adulthood

81 of children with emotional and

behavioural disorders have unidentified

SLCN

Lifelong Impact

60 of young offenders have

low language skills

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202026 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Scale of the problem

Approximately 10 of children

and young people have long-

term SLCN which cause them

significant difficulties with

communication or learning in

everyday life

Children from socially disadvantaged

families are more than twice as likely

to be diagnosed with a SLCN Due to

social clustering more than 50of

children living in areas of high social

deprivation may start school with

SLCN

In 201718 824 of all children

reached a lsquogood level of development

in communication and language skillsrsquo

at age five compared to only 719 of

children who were eligible for free

school meals

7190 8240

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202027 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

28

Giving every child the best start in life

December 2017

The Department for Education published lsquoUnlocking

Talent Fulfilling Potential a plan for improving social

mobility through educationrsquo on 14 December 2017

which sets out the Governmentrsquos ambitions for the

wider education system making sure that great

education translates into great opportunities and jobs

for everyone

July 2018

ldquo28 - of children finish their reception year still

without the early communication and reading skills

they need to thrive Itrsquos not acceptable and tackling it

must be our shared priority My ambition is to cut that

number in half over the next ten yearsrdquo

ndash Damian Hinds Former Secretary of State for

Education

Ambition Close the word gap in the early years

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

PHEDfE Programme of Work

Delivery of evidenced-based HV TrainingTraining for health visitors on speech language and communication needs

To equip health visitors with additional skills and knowledge to support families in

promoting early language acquisition in the home learning environment to support

improved health and wellbeing outcomes including school readiness

Development of an early language identification measure to support clinical

decision-making

Development and piloting of measure in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough Derbyshire

Wiltshire and Newham

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

For services for children 0-5 years built on the best evidence and experience of

implementation in practice

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202029 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Delivery of evidenced-based HV Training

30

Objectives

To increase health visitors knowledge of

Typical non-typical speech language and communication

development in all children

The impact of speech language and communication needs

on long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for children

Application of evidence-based strategies to promote speech

language and communication development with all children

and families

To be confident and able to

Identify risk factors for speech language and communication

needs (SLCN) through assessment

Use evidence-based strategies to support families when a

SLCN is identified and consider methods to demonstrate

impact of the interventions

Identify SLCN appropriate for referral to speech and

language therapy and or evidenced-based support through

local pathways

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

31

This project is being carried out by Newcastle University

This measure is being developed and piloted in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough

Derbyshire Newham and Wiltshire

The following research questions have been identified

1 Does the ASQ identify children with SLCN in the 24-30 age range measured against a gold

standard language assessment using standard productivity figures (sensitivity and specificity

etc)

2 To what extent is it possible to enhance the accuracy of this process by introducing a second

stage identification process for SLCN

3 What is the acceptability of using the combined procedure from the practitioner and parental

perspective

4 Can the findings be readily transferred into accessible intervention resources acceptable to

both parents and professionals

Development of an early language identification measure (ELIM) to support clinical decision-making

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

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EYFS Reforms LampD requirements

18

bull Proposed revisions to the educational programmes- each programme has been re-written to provide detail on the kinds of activities practitioners and teachers can deliver in settings and classrooms to support day to day curriculum and practice

bull Communication and language has been threaded through all areas given it underpins all seven areas of learning

bull Proposed revisions to the Early Learning Goals (ELGs)- includes more clarity and specificity to descriptors and key changes to

bull Communication and language focus on oral language and vocabulary acquisitionbull PSED new ELG on self-regulation and inclusion of self-carebull Physical Development focus on gross and fine motor skillsbull Literacy new ELG on comprehensionbull Maths focus on depth of number and understanding quantities and continue to focus on space shapes

and measure through curriculumbull Understanding the World more defined descriptors as precursors to science history and geography and

remove IT bull Expressive Arts and Design clearer descriptors and emphasis on communication and language

EYFS Reforms Changes to assessment

19

EYFSP moderationbull EYFSP assessments are currently externally moderated on a statutory basis by LAs 25 of schools bull While moderation is an important part of ensuring that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

practitioners have told us that the external moderation process can be burdensome

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the statutory requirement for LAs to externally moderate EYFSP judgements Schools would be expected to continue to moderate internally and with other settings to ensure consistency of judgements and that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

EYFSP judgement criteriabull We have heard from experts practitioners and teachers that the exceeded descriptor is unhelpful in making consistent

and accurate judgements - there are inherent challenges in what level to pitch exceeded descriptors and that judging children as exceeded against descriptors generates additional unnecessary collection of evidence for internal and external moderation events

bull There is also broad consensus that our focus as practitioners and government should be on efforts to increase the number of children who achieve expected levels of development by the end of reception

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the exceeded criteria from the EYFSP Teachers will still be required to stretch more able children and support them to excel and provide a narrative for parents and the year 1 teacher

EYFS Reforms Non- statutory curriculum guidance

20

Improve early years outcomes

Reducing Workload Burdens

Specific Reception Year guidance

In line with wider policy ambitions- to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children to narrow development gaps

Re-casting the focus on curriculum rather than assessment and providing a foundation for helping teachers and practitioners to plan settingclassroom activities

Making reception year count ndash by supporting teachers with specific curriculum guidance to ensure all children have strong foundations to begin Year 1 This will be part of the overall guidance document covering the whole EYFS age-range

Curriculum guidance is currently being developed through an update of the Development Matters non-statutory guidance - aims to focus practitioners and teachers on the importance of rich daily activities to improve outcomes and help reduce workload

Dr Julian Grenier is leading this work with us We aim to roll out the new curriculum guidance alongside the EYFS reforms

We have taken on board feedback from the pilot evaluation and will continue to engage with the sector key experts and assess the responses from the consultation to ensure that these important reforms are delivered by a prepared early years workforce We will

Develop new exemplification guidance for the new ELGs to support teachers in making consistent judgements at lsquoexpectedrsquo level and ease the burden of moderation

Develop new non-statutory curriculum guidance to support the workforce delivering rich daily activities to improve outcomes in early language development

Support volunteer early adopter schools and local authorities ndash particularly in setting out a clear message of the rationale and nature of the changes and ensure the sector is prepared for national roll-out in AY 2021

21

EYFS Reforms Supporting implementation

Thank you

To keep updated with policy developments sign up to the Foundation Years newsletter athttpsfoundationyearsorguk

Closing the inequalities gap in speech

language and communication

Why does SLC matter in the early years

Early language development and communication skills are recognised as a primary

indicator of child wellbeing due to the link between language and other social emotional

and learning outcomes

Educational

Attainment

1 in 4 children who struggled

with language at the age of 5

did not reach the expected

standard in English at the end

of primary school compared

with 1 in 25 children who had

good language skills aged 5

Social Emotional and Mental Health

Children with vocabulary difficulties at age 5

are 3 times more likely to have mental health

problems in adulthood and twice as likely to

be unemployed when they reach adulthood

81 of children with emotional and

behavioural disorders have unidentified

SLCN

Lifelong Impact

60 of young offenders have

low language skills

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202026 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Scale of the problem

Approximately 10 of children

and young people have long-

term SLCN which cause them

significant difficulties with

communication or learning in

everyday life

Children from socially disadvantaged

families are more than twice as likely

to be diagnosed with a SLCN Due to

social clustering more than 50of

children living in areas of high social

deprivation may start school with

SLCN

In 201718 824 of all children

reached a lsquogood level of development

in communication and language skillsrsquo

at age five compared to only 719 of

children who were eligible for free

school meals

7190 8240

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202027 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

28

Giving every child the best start in life

December 2017

The Department for Education published lsquoUnlocking

Talent Fulfilling Potential a plan for improving social

mobility through educationrsquo on 14 December 2017

which sets out the Governmentrsquos ambitions for the

wider education system making sure that great

education translates into great opportunities and jobs

for everyone

July 2018

ldquo28 - of children finish their reception year still

without the early communication and reading skills

they need to thrive Itrsquos not acceptable and tackling it

must be our shared priority My ambition is to cut that

number in half over the next ten yearsrdquo

ndash Damian Hinds Former Secretary of State for

Education

Ambition Close the word gap in the early years

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

PHEDfE Programme of Work

Delivery of evidenced-based HV TrainingTraining for health visitors on speech language and communication needs

To equip health visitors with additional skills and knowledge to support families in

promoting early language acquisition in the home learning environment to support

improved health and wellbeing outcomes including school readiness

Development of an early language identification measure to support clinical

decision-making

Development and piloting of measure in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough Derbyshire

Wiltshire and Newham

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

For services for children 0-5 years built on the best evidence and experience of

implementation in practice

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202029 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Delivery of evidenced-based HV Training

30

Objectives

To increase health visitors knowledge of

Typical non-typical speech language and communication

development in all children

The impact of speech language and communication needs

on long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for children

Application of evidence-based strategies to promote speech

language and communication development with all children

and families

To be confident and able to

Identify risk factors for speech language and communication

needs (SLCN) through assessment

Use evidence-based strategies to support families when a

SLCN is identified and consider methods to demonstrate

impact of the interventions

Identify SLCN appropriate for referral to speech and

language therapy and or evidenced-based support through

local pathways

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

31

This project is being carried out by Newcastle University

This measure is being developed and piloted in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough

Derbyshire Newham and Wiltshire

The following research questions have been identified

1 Does the ASQ identify children with SLCN in the 24-30 age range measured against a gold

standard language assessment using standard productivity figures (sensitivity and specificity

etc)

2 To what extent is it possible to enhance the accuracy of this process by introducing a second

stage identification process for SLCN

3 What is the acceptability of using the combined procedure from the practitioner and parental

perspective

4 Can the findings be readily transferred into accessible intervention resources acceptable to

both parents and professionals

Development of an early language identification measure (ELIM) to support clinical decision-making

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

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EYFS Reforms Changes to assessment

19

EYFSP moderationbull EYFSP assessments are currently externally moderated on a statutory basis by LAs 25 of schools bull While moderation is an important part of ensuring that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

practitioners have told us that the external moderation process can be burdensome

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the statutory requirement for LAs to externally moderate EYFSP judgements Schools would be expected to continue to moderate internally and with other settings to ensure consistency of judgements and that the EYFSP produces trusted assessment outcomes

EYFSP judgement criteriabull We have heard from experts practitioners and teachers that the exceeded descriptor is unhelpful in making consistent

and accurate judgements - there are inherent challenges in what level to pitch exceeded descriptors and that judging children as exceeded against descriptors generates additional unnecessary collection of evidence for internal and external moderation events

bull There is also broad consensus that our focus as practitioners and government should be on efforts to increase the number of children who achieve expected levels of development by the end of reception

bull We are seeking views on the proposal to remove the exceeded criteria from the EYFSP Teachers will still be required to stretch more able children and support them to excel and provide a narrative for parents and the year 1 teacher

EYFS Reforms Non- statutory curriculum guidance

20

Improve early years outcomes

Reducing Workload Burdens

Specific Reception Year guidance

In line with wider policy ambitions- to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children to narrow development gaps

Re-casting the focus on curriculum rather than assessment and providing a foundation for helping teachers and practitioners to plan settingclassroom activities

Making reception year count ndash by supporting teachers with specific curriculum guidance to ensure all children have strong foundations to begin Year 1 This will be part of the overall guidance document covering the whole EYFS age-range

Curriculum guidance is currently being developed through an update of the Development Matters non-statutory guidance - aims to focus practitioners and teachers on the importance of rich daily activities to improve outcomes and help reduce workload

Dr Julian Grenier is leading this work with us We aim to roll out the new curriculum guidance alongside the EYFS reforms

We have taken on board feedback from the pilot evaluation and will continue to engage with the sector key experts and assess the responses from the consultation to ensure that these important reforms are delivered by a prepared early years workforce We will

Develop new exemplification guidance for the new ELGs to support teachers in making consistent judgements at lsquoexpectedrsquo level and ease the burden of moderation

Develop new non-statutory curriculum guidance to support the workforce delivering rich daily activities to improve outcomes in early language development

Support volunteer early adopter schools and local authorities ndash particularly in setting out a clear message of the rationale and nature of the changes and ensure the sector is prepared for national roll-out in AY 2021

21

EYFS Reforms Supporting implementation

Thank you

To keep updated with policy developments sign up to the Foundation Years newsletter athttpsfoundationyearsorguk

Closing the inequalities gap in speech

language and communication

Why does SLC matter in the early years

Early language development and communication skills are recognised as a primary

indicator of child wellbeing due to the link between language and other social emotional

and learning outcomes

Educational

Attainment

1 in 4 children who struggled

with language at the age of 5

did not reach the expected

standard in English at the end

of primary school compared

with 1 in 25 children who had

good language skills aged 5

Social Emotional and Mental Health

Children with vocabulary difficulties at age 5

are 3 times more likely to have mental health

problems in adulthood and twice as likely to

be unemployed when they reach adulthood

81 of children with emotional and

behavioural disorders have unidentified

SLCN

Lifelong Impact

60 of young offenders have

low language skills

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202026 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Scale of the problem

Approximately 10 of children

and young people have long-

term SLCN which cause them

significant difficulties with

communication or learning in

everyday life

Children from socially disadvantaged

families are more than twice as likely

to be diagnosed with a SLCN Due to

social clustering more than 50of

children living in areas of high social

deprivation may start school with

SLCN

In 201718 824 of all children

reached a lsquogood level of development

in communication and language skillsrsquo

at age five compared to only 719 of

children who were eligible for free

school meals

7190 8240

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202027 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

28

Giving every child the best start in life

December 2017

The Department for Education published lsquoUnlocking

Talent Fulfilling Potential a plan for improving social

mobility through educationrsquo on 14 December 2017

which sets out the Governmentrsquos ambitions for the

wider education system making sure that great

education translates into great opportunities and jobs

for everyone

July 2018

ldquo28 - of children finish their reception year still

without the early communication and reading skills

they need to thrive Itrsquos not acceptable and tackling it

must be our shared priority My ambition is to cut that

number in half over the next ten yearsrdquo

ndash Damian Hinds Former Secretary of State for

Education

Ambition Close the word gap in the early years

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

PHEDfE Programme of Work

Delivery of evidenced-based HV TrainingTraining for health visitors on speech language and communication needs

To equip health visitors with additional skills and knowledge to support families in

promoting early language acquisition in the home learning environment to support

improved health and wellbeing outcomes including school readiness

Development of an early language identification measure to support clinical

decision-making

Development and piloting of measure in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough Derbyshire

Wiltshire and Newham

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

For services for children 0-5 years built on the best evidence and experience of

implementation in practice

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202029 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Delivery of evidenced-based HV Training

30

Objectives

To increase health visitors knowledge of

Typical non-typical speech language and communication

development in all children

The impact of speech language and communication needs

on long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for children

Application of evidence-based strategies to promote speech

language and communication development with all children

and families

To be confident and able to

Identify risk factors for speech language and communication

needs (SLCN) through assessment

Use evidence-based strategies to support families when a

SLCN is identified and consider methods to demonstrate

impact of the interventions

Identify SLCN appropriate for referral to speech and

language therapy and or evidenced-based support through

local pathways

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

31

This project is being carried out by Newcastle University

This measure is being developed and piloted in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough

Derbyshire Newham and Wiltshire

The following research questions have been identified

1 Does the ASQ identify children with SLCN in the 24-30 age range measured against a gold

standard language assessment using standard productivity figures (sensitivity and specificity

etc)

2 To what extent is it possible to enhance the accuracy of this process by introducing a second

stage identification process for SLCN

3 What is the acceptability of using the combined procedure from the practitioner and parental

perspective

4 Can the findings be readily transferred into accessible intervention resources acceptable to

both parents and professionals

Development of an early language identification measure (ELIM) to support clinical decision-making

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 17: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

EYFS Reforms Non- statutory curriculum guidance

20

Improve early years outcomes

Reducing Workload Burdens

Specific Reception Year guidance

In line with wider policy ambitions- to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children to narrow development gaps

Re-casting the focus on curriculum rather than assessment and providing a foundation for helping teachers and practitioners to plan settingclassroom activities

Making reception year count ndash by supporting teachers with specific curriculum guidance to ensure all children have strong foundations to begin Year 1 This will be part of the overall guidance document covering the whole EYFS age-range

Curriculum guidance is currently being developed through an update of the Development Matters non-statutory guidance - aims to focus practitioners and teachers on the importance of rich daily activities to improve outcomes and help reduce workload

Dr Julian Grenier is leading this work with us We aim to roll out the new curriculum guidance alongside the EYFS reforms

We have taken on board feedback from the pilot evaluation and will continue to engage with the sector key experts and assess the responses from the consultation to ensure that these important reforms are delivered by a prepared early years workforce We will

Develop new exemplification guidance for the new ELGs to support teachers in making consistent judgements at lsquoexpectedrsquo level and ease the burden of moderation

Develop new non-statutory curriculum guidance to support the workforce delivering rich daily activities to improve outcomes in early language development

Support volunteer early adopter schools and local authorities ndash particularly in setting out a clear message of the rationale and nature of the changes and ensure the sector is prepared for national roll-out in AY 2021

21

EYFS Reforms Supporting implementation

Thank you

To keep updated with policy developments sign up to the Foundation Years newsletter athttpsfoundationyearsorguk

Closing the inequalities gap in speech

language and communication

Why does SLC matter in the early years

Early language development and communication skills are recognised as a primary

indicator of child wellbeing due to the link between language and other social emotional

and learning outcomes

Educational

Attainment

1 in 4 children who struggled

with language at the age of 5

did not reach the expected

standard in English at the end

of primary school compared

with 1 in 25 children who had

good language skills aged 5

Social Emotional and Mental Health

Children with vocabulary difficulties at age 5

are 3 times more likely to have mental health

problems in adulthood and twice as likely to

be unemployed when they reach adulthood

81 of children with emotional and

behavioural disorders have unidentified

SLCN

Lifelong Impact

60 of young offenders have

low language skills

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202026 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Scale of the problem

Approximately 10 of children

and young people have long-

term SLCN which cause them

significant difficulties with

communication or learning in

everyday life

Children from socially disadvantaged

families are more than twice as likely

to be diagnosed with a SLCN Due to

social clustering more than 50of

children living in areas of high social

deprivation may start school with

SLCN

In 201718 824 of all children

reached a lsquogood level of development

in communication and language skillsrsquo

at age five compared to only 719 of

children who were eligible for free

school meals

7190 8240

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202027 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

28

Giving every child the best start in life

December 2017

The Department for Education published lsquoUnlocking

Talent Fulfilling Potential a plan for improving social

mobility through educationrsquo on 14 December 2017

which sets out the Governmentrsquos ambitions for the

wider education system making sure that great

education translates into great opportunities and jobs

for everyone

July 2018

ldquo28 - of children finish their reception year still

without the early communication and reading skills

they need to thrive Itrsquos not acceptable and tackling it

must be our shared priority My ambition is to cut that

number in half over the next ten yearsrdquo

ndash Damian Hinds Former Secretary of State for

Education

Ambition Close the word gap in the early years

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

PHEDfE Programme of Work

Delivery of evidenced-based HV TrainingTraining for health visitors on speech language and communication needs

To equip health visitors with additional skills and knowledge to support families in

promoting early language acquisition in the home learning environment to support

improved health and wellbeing outcomes including school readiness

Development of an early language identification measure to support clinical

decision-making

Development and piloting of measure in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough Derbyshire

Wiltshire and Newham

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

For services for children 0-5 years built on the best evidence and experience of

implementation in practice

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202029 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Delivery of evidenced-based HV Training

30

Objectives

To increase health visitors knowledge of

Typical non-typical speech language and communication

development in all children

The impact of speech language and communication needs

on long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for children

Application of evidence-based strategies to promote speech

language and communication development with all children

and families

To be confident and able to

Identify risk factors for speech language and communication

needs (SLCN) through assessment

Use evidence-based strategies to support families when a

SLCN is identified and consider methods to demonstrate

impact of the interventions

Identify SLCN appropriate for referral to speech and

language therapy and or evidenced-based support through

local pathways

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

31

This project is being carried out by Newcastle University

This measure is being developed and piloted in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough

Derbyshire Newham and Wiltshire

The following research questions have been identified

1 Does the ASQ identify children with SLCN in the 24-30 age range measured against a gold

standard language assessment using standard productivity figures (sensitivity and specificity

etc)

2 To what extent is it possible to enhance the accuracy of this process by introducing a second

stage identification process for SLCN

3 What is the acceptability of using the combined procedure from the practitioner and parental

perspective

4 Can the findings be readily transferred into accessible intervention resources acceptable to

both parents and professionals

Development of an early language identification measure (ELIM) to support clinical decision-making

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 18: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

We have taken on board feedback from the pilot evaluation and will continue to engage with the sector key experts and assess the responses from the consultation to ensure that these important reforms are delivered by a prepared early years workforce We will

Develop new exemplification guidance for the new ELGs to support teachers in making consistent judgements at lsquoexpectedrsquo level and ease the burden of moderation

Develop new non-statutory curriculum guidance to support the workforce delivering rich daily activities to improve outcomes in early language development

Support volunteer early adopter schools and local authorities ndash particularly in setting out a clear message of the rationale and nature of the changes and ensure the sector is prepared for national roll-out in AY 2021

21

EYFS Reforms Supporting implementation

Thank you

To keep updated with policy developments sign up to the Foundation Years newsletter athttpsfoundationyearsorguk

Closing the inequalities gap in speech

language and communication

Why does SLC matter in the early years

Early language development and communication skills are recognised as a primary

indicator of child wellbeing due to the link between language and other social emotional

and learning outcomes

Educational

Attainment

1 in 4 children who struggled

with language at the age of 5

did not reach the expected

standard in English at the end

of primary school compared

with 1 in 25 children who had

good language skills aged 5

Social Emotional and Mental Health

Children with vocabulary difficulties at age 5

are 3 times more likely to have mental health

problems in adulthood and twice as likely to

be unemployed when they reach adulthood

81 of children with emotional and

behavioural disorders have unidentified

SLCN

Lifelong Impact

60 of young offenders have

low language skills

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202026 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Scale of the problem

Approximately 10 of children

and young people have long-

term SLCN which cause them

significant difficulties with

communication or learning in

everyday life

Children from socially disadvantaged

families are more than twice as likely

to be diagnosed with a SLCN Due to

social clustering more than 50of

children living in areas of high social

deprivation may start school with

SLCN

In 201718 824 of all children

reached a lsquogood level of development

in communication and language skillsrsquo

at age five compared to only 719 of

children who were eligible for free

school meals

7190 8240

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202027 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

28

Giving every child the best start in life

December 2017

The Department for Education published lsquoUnlocking

Talent Fulfilling Potential a plan for improving social

mobility through educationrsquo on 14 December 2017

which sets out the Governmentrsquos ambitions for the

wider education system making sure that great

education translates into great opportunities and jobs

for everyone

July 2018

ldquo28 - of children finish their reception year still

without the early communication and reading skills

they need to thrive Itrsquos not acceptable and tackling it

must be our shared priority My ambition is to cut that

number in half over the next ten yearsrdquo

ndash Damian Hinds Former Secretary of State for

Education

Ambition Close the word gap in the early years

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

PHEDfE Programme of Work

Delivery of evidenced-based HV TrainingTraining for health visitors on speech language and communication needs

To equip health visitors with additional skills and knowledge to support families in

promoting early language acquisition in the home learning environment to support

improved health and wellbeing outcomes including school readiness

Development of an early language identification measure to support clinical

decision-making

Development and piloting of measure in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough Derbyshire

Wiltshire and Newham

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

For services for children 0-5 years built on the best evidence and experience of

implementation in practice

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202029 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Delivery of evidenced-based HV Training

30

Objectives

To increase health visitors knowledge of

Typical non-typical speech language and communication

development in all children

The impact of speech language and communication needs

on long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for children

Application of evidence-based strategies to promote speech

language and communication development with all children

and families

To be confident and able to

Identify risk factors for speech language and communication

needs (SLCN) through assessment

Use evidence-based strategies to support families when a

SLCN is identified and consider methods to demonstrate

impact of the interventions

Identify SLCN appropriate for referral to speech and

language therapy and or evidenced-based support through

local pathways

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

31

This project is being carried out by Newcastle University

This measure is being developed and piloted in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough

Derbyshire Newham and Wiltshire

The following research questions have been identified

1 Does the ASQ identify children with SLCN in the 24-30 age range measured against a gold

standard language assessment using standard productivity figures (sensitivity and specificity

etc)

2 To what extent is it possible to enhance the accuracy of this process by introducing a second

stage identification process for SLCN

3 What is the acceptability of using the combined procedure from the practitioner and parental

perspective

4 Can the findings be readily transferred into accessible intervention resources acceptable to

both parents and professionals

Development of an early language identification measure (ELIM) to support clinical decision-making

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 19: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

Thank you

To keep updated with policy developments sign up to the Foundation Years newsletter athttpsfoundationyearsorguk

Closing the inequalities gap in speech

language and communication

Why does SLC matter in the early years

Early language development and communication skills are recognised as a primary

indicator of child wellbeing due to the link between language and other social emotional

and learning outcomes

Educational

Attainment

1 in 4 children who struggled

with language at the age of 5

did not reach the expected

standard in English at the end

of primary school compared

with 1 in 25 children who had

good language skills aged 5

Social Emotional and Mental Health

Children with vocabulary difficulties at age 5

are 3 times more likely to have mental health

problems in adulthood and twice as likely to

be unemployed when they reach adulthood

81 of children with emotional and

behavioural disorders have unidentified

SLCN

Lifelong Impact

60 of young offenders have

low language skills

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202026 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Scale of the problem

Approximately 10 of children

and young people have long-

term SLCN which cause them

significant difficulties with

communication or learning in

everyday life

Children from socially disadvantaged

families are more than twice as likely

to be diagnosed with a SLCN Due to

social clustering more than 50of

children living in areas of high social

deprivation may start school with

SLCN

In 201718 824 of all children

reached a lsquogood level of development

in communication and language skillsrsquo

at age five compared to only 719 of

children who were eligible for free

school meals

7190 8240

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202027 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

28

Giving every child the best start in life

December 2017

The Department for Education published lsquoUnlocking

Talent Fulfilling Potential a plan for improving social

mobility through educationrsquo on 14 December 2017

which sets out the Governmentrsquos ambitions for the

wider education system making sure that great

education translates into great opportunities and jobs

for everyone

July 2018

ldquo28 - of children finish their reception year still

without the early communication and reading skills

they need to thrive Itrsquos not acceptable and tackling it

must be our shared priority My ambition is to cut that

number in half over the next ten yearsrdquo

ndash Damian Hinds Former Secretary of State for

Education

Ambition Close the word gap in the early years

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

PHEDfE Programme of Work

Delivery of evidenced-based HV TrainingTraining for health visitors on speech language and communication needs

To equip health visitors with additional skills and knowledge to support families in

promoting early language acquisition in the home learning environment to support

improved health and wellbeing outcomes including school readiness

Development of an early language identification measure to support clinical

decision-making

Development and piloting of measure in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough Derbyshire

Wiltshire and Newham

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

For services for children 0-5 years built on the best evidence and experience of

implementation in practice

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202029 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Delivery of evidenced-based HV Training

30

Objectives

To increase health visitors knowledge of

Typical non-typical speech language and communication

development in all children

The impact of speech language and communication needs

on long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for children

Application of evidence-based strategies to promote speech

language and communication development with all children

and families

To be confident and able to

Identify risk factors for speech language and communication

needs (SLCN) through assessment

Use evidence-based strategies to support families when a

SLCN is identified and consider methods to demonstrate

impact of the interventions

Identify SLCN appropriate for referral to speech and

language therapy and or evidenced-based support through

local pathways

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

31

This project is being carried out by Newcastle University

This measure is being developed and piloted in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough

Derbyshire Newham and Wiltshire

The following research questions have been identified

1 Does the ASQ identify children with SLCN in the 24-30 age range measured against a gold

standard language assessment using standard productivity figures (sensitivity and specificity

etc)

2 To what extent is it possible to enhance the accuracy of this process by introducing a second

stage identification process for SLCN

3 What is the acceptability of using the combined procedure from the practitioner and parental

perspective

4 Can the findings be readily transferred into accessible intervention resources acceptable to

both parents and professionals

Development of an early language identification measure (ELIM) to support clinical decision-making

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 20: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

Closing the inequalities gap in speech

language and communication

Why does SLC matter in the early years

Early language development and communication skills are recognised as a primary

indicator of child wellbeing due to the link between language and other social emotional

and learning outcomes

Educational

Attainment

1 in 4 children who struggled

with language at the age of 5

did not reach the expected

standard in English at the end

of primary school compared

with 1 in 25 children who had

good language skills aged 5

Social Emotional and Mental Health

Children with vocabulary difficulties at age 5

are 3 times more likely to have mental health

problems in adulthood and twice as likely to

be unemployed when they reach adulthood

81 of children with emotional and

behavioural disorders have unidentified

SLCN

Lifelong Impact

60 of young offenders have

low language skills

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202026 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Scale of the problem

Approximately 10 of children

and young people have long-

term SLCN which cause them

significant difficulties with

communication or learning in

everyday life

Children from socially disadvantaged

families are more than twice as likely

to be diagnosed with a SLCN Due to

social clustering more than 50of

children living in areas of high social

deprivation may start school with

SLCN

In 201718 824 of all children

reached a lsquogood level of development

in communication and language skillsrsquo

at age five compared to only 719 of

children who were eligible for free

school meals

7190 8240

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202027 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

28

Giving every child the best start in life

December 2017

The Department for Education published lsquoUnlocking

Talent Fulfilling Potential a plan for improving social

mobility through educationrsquo on 14 December 2017

which sets out the Governmentrsquos ambitions for the

wider education system making sure that great

education translates into great opportunities and jobs

for everyone

July 2018

ldquo28 - of children finish their reception year still

without the early communication and reading skills

they need to thrive Itrsquos not acceptable and tackling it

must be our shared priority My ambition is to cut that

number in half over the next ten yearsrdquo

ndash Damian Hinds Former Secretary of State for

Education

Ambition Close the word gap in the early years

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

PHEDfE Programme of Work

Delivery of evidenced-based HV TrainingTraining for health visitors on speech language and communication needs

To equip health visitors with additional skills and knowledge to support families in

promoting early language acquisition in the home learning environment to support

improved health and wellbeing outcomes including school readiness

Development of an early language identification measure to support clinical

decision-making

Development and piloting of measure in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough Derbyshire

Wiltshire and Newham

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

For services for children 0-5 years built on the best evidence and experience of

implementation in practice

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202029 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Delivery of evidenced-based HV Training

30

Objectives

To increase health visitors knowledge of

Typical non-typical speech language and communication

development in all children

The impact of speech language and communication needs

on long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for children

Application of evidence-based strategies to promote speech

language and communication development with all children

and families

To be confident and able to

Identify risk factors for speech language and communication

needs (SLCN) through assessment

Use evidence-based strategies to support families when a

SLCN is identified and consider methods to demonstrate

impact of the interventions

Identify SLCN appropriate for referral to speech and

language therapy and or evidenced-based support through

local pathways

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

31

This project is being carried out by Newcastle University

This measure is being developed and piloted in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough

Derbyshire Newham and Wiltshire

The following research questions have been identified

1 Does the ASQ identify children with SLCN in the 24-30 age range measured against a gold

standard language assessment using standard productivity figures (sensitivity and specificity

etc)

2 To what extent is it possible to enhance the accuracy of this process by introducing a second

stage identification process for SLCN

3 What is the acceptability of using the combined procedure from the practitioner and parental

perspective

4 Can the findings be readily transferred into accessible intervention resources acceptable to

both parents and professionals

Development of an early language identification measure (ELIM) to support clinical decision-making

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 21: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

Why does SLC matter in the early years

Early language development and communication skills are recognised as a primary

indicator of child wellbeing due to the link between language and other social emotional

and learning outcomes

Educational

Attainment

1 in 4 children who struggled

with language at the age of 5

did not reach the expected

standard in English at the end

of primary school compared

with 1 in 25 children who had

good language skills aged 5

Social Emotional and Mental Health

Children with vocabulary difficulties at age 5

are 3 times more likely to have mental health

problems in adulthood and twice as likely to

be unemployed when they reach adulthood

81 of children with emotional and

behavioural disorders have unidentified

SLCN

Lifelong Impact

60 of young offenders have

low language skills

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202026 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Scale of the problem

Approximately 10 of children

and young people have long-

term SLCN which cause them

significant difficulties with

communication or learning in

everyday life

Children from socially disadvantaged

families are more than twice as likely

to be diagnosed with a SLCN Due to

social clustering more than 50of

children living in areas of high social

deprivation may start school with

SLCN

In 201718 824 of all children

reached a lsquogood level of development

in communication and language skillsrsquo

at age five compared to only 719 of

children who were eligible for free

school meals

7190 8240

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202027 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

28

Giving every child the best start in life

December 2017

The Department for Education published lsquoUnlocking

Talent Fulfilling Potential a plan for improving social

mobility through educationrsquo on 14 December 2017

which sets out the Governmentrsquos ambitions for the

wider education system making sure that great

education translates into great opportunities and jobs

for everyone

July 2018

ldquo28 - of children finish their reception year still

without the early communication and reading skills

they need to thrive Itrsquos not acceptable and tackling it

must be our shared priority My ambition is to cut that

number in half over the next ten yearsrdquo

ndash Damian Hinds Former Secretary of State for

Education

Ambition Close the word gap in the early years

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

PHEDfE Programme of Work

Delivery of evidenced-based HV TrainingTraining for health visitors on speech language and communication needs

To equip health visitors with additional skills and knowledge to support families in

promoting early language acquisition in the home learning environment to support

improved health and wellbeing outcomes including school readiness

Development of an early language identification measure to support clinical

decision-making

Development and piloting of measure in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough Derbyshire

Wiltshire and Newham

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

For services for children 0-5 years built on the best evidence and experience of

implementation in practice

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202029 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Delivery of evidenced-based HV Training

30

Objectives

To increase health visitors knowledge of

Typical non-typical speech language and communication

development in all children

The impact of speech language and communication needs

on long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for children

Application of evidence-based strategies to promote speech

language and communication development with all children

and families

To be confident and able to

Identify risk factors for speech language and communication

needs (SLCN) through assessment

Use evidence-based strategies to support families when a

SLCN is identified and consider methods to demonstrate

impact of the interventions

Identify SLCN appropriate for referral to speech and

language therapy and or evidenced-based support through

local pathways

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

31

This project is being carried out by Newcastle University

This measure is being developed and piloted in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough

Derbyshire Newham and Wiltshire

The following research questions have been identified

1 Does the ASQ identify children with SLCN in the 24-30 age range measured against a gold

standard language assessment using standard productivity figures (sensitivity and specificity

etc)

2 To what extent is it possible to enhance the accuracy of this process by introducing a second

stage identification process for SLCN

3 What is the acceptability of using the combined procedure from the practitioner and parental

perspective

4 Can the findings be readily transferred into accessible intervention resources acceptable to

both parents and professionals

Development of an early language identification measure (ELIM) to support clinical decision-making

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 22: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

Scale of the problem

Approximately 10 of children

and young people have long-

term SLCN which cause them

significant difficulties with

communication or learning in

everyday life

Children from socially disadvantaged

families are more than twice as likely

to be diagnosed with a SLCN Due to

social clustering more than 50of

children living in areas of high social

deprivation may start school with

SLCN

In 201718 824 of all children

reached a lsquogood level of development

in communication and language skillsrsquo

at age five compared to only 719 of

children who were eligible for free

school meals

7190 8240

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202027 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

28

Giving every child the best start in life

December 2017

The Department for Education published lsquoUnlocking

Talent Fulfilling Potential a plan for improving social

mobility through educationrsquo on 14 December 2017

which sets out the Governmentrsquos ambitions for the

wider education system making sure that great

education translates into great opportunities and jobs

for everyone

July 2018

ldquo28 - of children finish their reception year still

without the early communication and reading skills

they need to thrive Itrsquos not acceptable and tackling it

must be our shared priority My ambition is to cut that

number in half over the next ten yearsrdquo

ndash Damian Hinds Former Secretary of State for

Education

Ambition Close the word gap in the early years

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

PHEDfE Programme of Work

Delivery of evidenced-based HV TrainingTraining for health visitors on speech language and communication needs

To equip health visitors with additional skills and knowledge to support families in

promoting early language acquisition in the home learning environment to support

improved health and wellbeing outcomes including school readiness

Development of an early language identification measure to support clinical

decision-making

Development and piloting of measure in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough Derbyshire

Wiltshire and Newham

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

For services for children 0-5 years built on the best evidence and experience of

implementation in practice

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202029 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Delivery of evidenced-based HV Training

30

Objectives

To increase health visitors knowledge of

Typical non-typical speech language and communication

development in all children

The impact of speech language and communication needs

on long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for children

Application of evidence-based strategies to promote speech

language and communication development with all children

and families

To be confident and able to

Identify risk factors for speech language and communication

needs (SLCN) through assessment

Use evidence-based strategies to support families when a

SLCN is identified and consider methods to demonstrate

impact of the interventions

Identify SLCN appropriate for referral to speech and

language therapy and or evidenced-based support through

local pathways

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

31

This project is being carried out by Newcastle University

This measure is being developed and piloted in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough

Derbyshire Newham and Wiltshire

The following research questions have been identified

1 Does the ASQ identify children with SLCN in the 24-30 age range measured against a gold

standard language assessment using standard productivity figures (sensitivity and specificity

etc)

2 To what extent is it possible to enhance the accuracy of this process by introducing a second

stage identification process for SLCN

3 What is the acceptability of using the combined procedure from the practitioner and parental

perspective

4 Can the findings be readily transferred into accessible intervention resources acceptable to

both parents and professionals

Development of an early language identification measure (ELIM) to support clinical decision-making

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 23: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

28

Giving every child the best start in life

December 2017

The Department for Education published lsquoUnlocking

Talent Fulfilling Potential a plan for improving social

mobility through educationrsquo on 14 December 2017

which sets out the Governmentrsquos ambitions for the

wider education system making sure that great

education translates into great opportunities and jobs

for everyone

July 2018

ldquo28 - of children finish their reception year still

without the early communication and reading skills

they need to thrive Itrsquos not acceptable and tackling it

must be our shared priority My ambition is to cut that

number in half over the next ten yearsrdquo

ndash Damian Hinds Former Secretary of State for

Education

Ambition Close the word gap in the early years

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

PHEDfE Programme of Work

Delivery of evidenced-based HV TrainingTraining for health visitors on speech language and communication needs

To equip health visitors with additional skills and knowledge to support families in

promoting early language acquisition in the home learning environment to support

improved health and wellbeing outcomes including school readiness

Development of an early language identification measure to support clinical

decision-making

Development and piloting of measure in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough Derbyshire

Wiltshire and Newham

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

For services for children 0-5 years built on the best evidence and experience of

implementation in practice

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202029 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Delivery of evidenced-based HV Training

30

Objectives

To increase health visitors knowledge of

Typical non-typical speech language and communication

development in all children

The impact of speech language and communication needs

on long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for children

Application of evidence-based strategies to promote speech

language and communication development with all children

and families

To be confident and able to

Identify risk factors for speech language and communication

needs (SLCN) through assessment

Use evidence-based strategies to support families when a

SLCN is identified and consider methods to demonstrate

impact of the interventions

Identify SLCN appropriate for referral to speech and

language therapy and or evidenced-based support through

local pathways

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

31

This project is being carried out by Newcastle University

This measure is being developed and piloted in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough

Derbyshire Newham and Wiltshire

The following research questions have been identified

1 Does the ASQ identify children with SLCN in the 24-30 age range measured against a gold

standard language assessment using standard productivity figures (sensitivity and specificity

etc)

2 To what extent is it possible to enhance the accuracy of this process by introducing a second

stage identification process for SLCN

3 What is the acceptability of using the combined procedure from the practitioner and parental

perspective

4 Can the findings be readily transferred into accessible intervention resources acceptable to

both parents and professionals

Development of an early language identification measure (ELIM) to support clinical decision-making

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 24: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

PHEDfE Programme of Work

Delivery of evidenced-based HV TrainingTraining for health visitors on speech language and communication needs

To equip health visitors with additional skills and knowledge to support families in

promoting early language acquisition in the home learning environment to support

improved health and wellbeing outcomes including school readiness

Development of an early language identification measure to support clinical

decision-making

Development and piloting of measure in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough Derbyshire

Wiltshire and Newham

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

For services for children 0-5 years built on the best evidence and experience of

implementation in practice

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202029 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Delivery of evidenced-based HV Training

30

Objectives

To increase health visitors knowledge of

Typical non-typical speech language and communication

development in all children

The impact of speech language and communication needs

on long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for children

Application of evidence-based strategies to promote speech

language and communication development with all children

and families

To be confident and able to

Identify risk factors for speech language and communication

needs (SLCN) through assessment

Use evidence-based strategies to support families when a

SLCN is identified and consider methods to demonstrate

impact of the interventions

Identify SLCN appropriate for referral to speech and

language therapy and or evidenced-based support through

local pathways

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

31

This project is being carried out by Newcastle University

This measure is being developed and piloted in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough

Derbyshire Newham and Wiltshire

The following research questions have been identified

1 Does the ASQ identify children with SLCN in the 24-30 age range measured against a gold

standard language assessment using standard productivity figures (sensitivity and specificity

etc)

2 To what extent is it possible to enhance the accuracy of this process by introducing a second

stage identification process for SLCN

3 What is the acceptability of using the combined procedure from the practitioner and parental

perspective

4 Can the findings be readily transferred into accessible intervention resources acceptable to

both parents and professionals

Development of an early language identification measure (ELIM) to support clinical decision-making

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 25: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

Delivery of evidenced-based HV Training

30

Objectives

To increase health visitors knowledge of

Typical non-typical speech language and communication

development in all children

The impact of speech language and communication needs

on long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for children

Application of evidence-based strategies to promote speech

language and communication development with all children

and families

To be confident and able to

Identify risk factors for speech language and communication

needs (SLCN) through assessment

Use evidence-based strategies to support families when a

SLCN is identified and consider methods to demonstrate

impact of the interventions

Identify SLCN appropriate for referral to speech and

language therapy and or evidenced-based support through

local pathways

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

31

This project is being carried out by Newcastle University

This measure is being developed and piloted in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough

Derbyshire Newham and Wiltshire

The following research questions have been identified

1 Does the ASQ identify children with SLCN in the 24-30 age range measured against a gold

standard language assessment using standard productivity figures (sensitivity and specificity

etc)

2 To what extent is it possible to enhance the accuracy of this process by introducing a second

stage identification process for SLCN

3 What is the acceptability of using the combined procedure from the practitioner and parental

perspective

4 Can the findings be readily transferred into accessible intervention resources acceptable to

both parents and professionals

Development of an early language identification measure (ELIM) to support clinical decision-making

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

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31

This project is being carried out by Newcastle University

This measure is being developed and piloted in 5 areas Wakefield Middlesbrough

Derbyshire Newham and Wiltshire

The following research questions have been identified

1 Does the ASQ identify children with SLCN in the 24-30 age range measured against a gold

standard language assessment using standard productivity figures (sensitivity and specificity

etc)

2 To what extent is it possible to enhance the accuracy of this process by introducing a second

stage identification process for SLCN

3 What is the acceptability of using the combined procedure from the practitioner and parental

perspective

4 Can the findings be readily transferred into accessible intervention resources acceptable to

both parents and professionals

Development of an early language identification measure (ELIM) to support clinical decision-making

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 27: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Development of a model SLCN Pathway

The SLC pathway is comprised of 3 documents these are

1Guidance to support the development of Local Pathways

2Evidence and Interventions a support document

3Collection of peer reviewed case studies

An interactive version of the speech language and communication pathway is

currently being developed to provide quick and easy access to pertinent

sections of the pathway

A parent-facing version of the pathway is also being developed with the aim of

providing parents with information on SLC milestones how to support

development and where to go for further guidance

All of the documents will be published in March 2020 this will align with the

refresh of the Healthy Child Programme

32 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 28: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

DfE Professional Development Fund

Early Years Professional Development Programme (PDP) High quality

CPD focused on improving workforce skills in language development early

literacy and numeracy

bull Appointed Education Development Trust (EDT) in partnership

with Elklan as our national training delivery partner

bull 51 local authorities participating in the programme

bull More than 100 CPD partnerships established with settings and schools

bull Over 400 Champions are receiving training directly from Elklan trainers

bull c1500 settings and 3000 practitioners will receive Level 3 and Level 4

qualifications

bull Over 60000 children stand to benefit from the programme

33 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 29: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

DfE Professional Development Fund

Progress to date

bull Successful pilot run with trial in Rochdale LA in Autumn 2019

bull Final CPD package agreed with input from Ofsted English Hubs Council

ICAN EEF and sector representatives

bull Champions completed induction training in December and training

continuing until summer 2020

bull Cascade from Champions to settings runs September 2020 to July 2021

bull More info at httpswwwearlyyearspdpcom or Follow EarlyYearsPDP

34 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 30: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

Collaboration Placing the needs of

children and their

families at the centre

Characteristics of an effective local system

Confident well-

skilled workforce Leadership

Everyone coming into

contact with and

supporting 0-5 year

olds actively promotes

communication and

language development

In local areas

commissioners and

providers have an

agreed and shared set

of key messages for

families about how to

promote

communication and

language development

The needs of parents

and those closest to the

child are central to

service design with the

aim of achieving ldquobuy-inrdquo

and supporting their key

role in affecting the

context in which children

live and communicate

Parents and carers

understand what services

are available what to

expect from them and

how to raise concerns

Local leadership is

essential in ensuring a

planned and co-

ordinated approach to

joint commissioning of

services for children

with SLCN

Teams early years

settings and schools are

encouraged to develop

their own language

leadscommunication

champions which link to

the broader local

strategy

There is an ongoing

workforce strategy that

can effectively promote

all childrenrsquos speech

language and

communication

development

Practitioners from all

agencies are able to

engage parentscarers

and support them in

developing the skills

they need to enhance

communication and

language development

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202035 NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 31: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

Discussion

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 202036

What good practice are you currently implementing to

improve SLC in the early years

How are you working with your HV and SLT service

What are some examples of this

What might be some barriers to the early years workforce

working in an integrated way

What role would you have in contributing to the

implementation of a system wide approach to support

SLC in the early years in your area What support might

you need for this

NCB Learn-Explore-Debate January 2020

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 32: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

Education inspection framework Inspecting the substance of education

Inspecting the curriculum in early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 38

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 33: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

LED events January 2020 Slide 39

Todayrsquos session

1 Education inspection framework

2 The curriculum

3 What do inspectors do on inspection

4 Inspecting reading

5 Challenges

6 Questions

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 34: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

The Education Inspection Framework

1

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 35: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

LED events January 2020 Slide 41

Inspection Experience

26 years of inspecting education

Most research-informed framework

Research shared publicly

Largest ever number of pilot inspections

More than 250 pilot inspections

Sharing draft inspection handbooks

First time wersquove consulted on the handbooks

Consultation

Ofstedrsquos biggest ever consultation De

ve

lop

me

nt

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 36: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

Ofsted strategy 2017-22

LED events January 2020 Slide 42

lsquoA force for improvement through intelligent responsible and focussed inspection and regulationrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 37: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

LED events January 2020 Slide 43

Currently the accountability system can divert providers from the real substance of education

What children learn is too often coming second to delivering performance data

Teaching to the test and a narrow curriculum have the greatest negative effect on the most disadvantaged and the least able children

The EIF puts the curriculum at the heart of the new framework putting the focus on the substance of education

The EIF the case for change

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 38: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

The curriculum

2

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 39: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

There is an Ofsted curriculum

LED events January 2020 Slide 45

True or False

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 40: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

The curriculum for early years

LED events January 2020 Slide 46

The lsquoStatutory framework for the early years foundation stagersquo (EYFS) sets out the education and care standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children from birth to five learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe

Ofsted carries out regular inspections to evaluate the overall quality and standards of the early years provision in line with the principles and requirements of the EYFS

This has not changed but we are putting a greater emphasis on the curriculum

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 41: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

LED events January 2020 47

DfE Statutory framework for the early years foundation stagePart 1 - educational programmes

Part 2 ndash assessmentPart 3 - welfare requirements

applies equally to all children aged 0-5 in all provision

Registered EY provision 0-5 year-olds

Childcare non-domestic (0-4 year olds)Childminders (0-5 year olds)

Childcare on domestic (0-4 year olds)

School EY provision2-5 year-olds

Maintained nursery schools (2-4 year olds)

Reception classes in primary schools (ALL 4-5 year-olds)

Nursery classes in primary schools (2-4 year olds)

Regulation and inspection activity

Inspection activity

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 42: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

The EYFS (educational programmes) provides the curriculum framework that leaders build on to decide what they intend children to learn and develop

Leaders and practitioners decide how to implement the curriculum so children make progress in the seven areas of learning

They evaluate the impact of the curriculum by checking what children know and can do

LED events January 2020

The curriculum is at the heart of the framework

Quality

of e

duca

tion

Slide 48

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 43: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

LED events January 2020

Assessment goals

Desired outcomes

Curriculum WHAT is taught

Teaching HOWcurriculum content is

taught

Distinguishing curriculum from teaching and assessment

Slide 49

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 44: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

personal social and emotional development communication and language physical development literacy mathematics understanding the world expressive arts and design

How do adults decide what knowledge children need to learn to make subsequent progress in

50

The curriculum outlines the building blocks of knowledge that children need to learn and hold in their long-term memory

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 45: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

What do inspectors do on inspection

3

LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

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LED events January 2020 Slide 52

New inspection judgements

Quality of education

Personal development

Behaviour and attitudes

Leadership and

management

Overall effectiveness

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 47: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

Quality of education judgement

LED events January 2020

Intent EYFS curriculum design coverage and

appropriateness

Implementation EYFS curriculum delivery Teaching (pedagogy) Assessment (formative and summative)

Impact Attainment and progress Knowledge and skills Readiness for next stage of education

53

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 48: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

Intent

Implementation

Impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 54

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 49: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

LED events January 202055

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 50: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

Methodology for exploring areas of inspection focus

LED events January 2020

1Begin with a conversation about the intended whole

curriculum offer

2 Discuss with staff how this works in

action3 Carry out the other

inspection activities in whatever order you need jointly with leaders of the provision as

appropriate

Leaders and managers Key staff

Children

Staff

Identify strengths and areas for

improvement

Make connections as you go (keeping the whole QE judgement in mind)

Parents

Observations and discussions

Learning walk

Tracking childrenrsquos experiences

Slide 56

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 51: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

Purpose of the learning walk

The learning walk provides an opportunity for leaders to explain how they organise the early years provision including the aims and rationale for their EYFS curriculum

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 52: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

Curriculum Deep Dives

3 Carry out the other deep-dive activities (in any order)

jointly with school and curriculum leaders

Lesson visits

Work scrutiny

Pupils

Teachers

Connect what inspectors see to what curriculum leaders

expect you to see

Senior leaders

1Begins with a conversation about the

intended whole-curriculum offer

Co

nn

ecte

d

the

sa

me

pu

pil

s

Curriculum leaders

2 Discuss the curriculum content and sequencing

within subjects

LED events January 2020 Slide 58

LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

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LED events January 2020

What will be included in the deep dive

Slide 59

Understanding the curriculum overview

Seeing the curriculum in action

Finding the evidence of learning

Evaluating the impact

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 54: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

LED events January 2020 Slide 60

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 55: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

Inspecting reading

4

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 56: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

62Slide 62EY EIF LA workshops ndash NovemberDecember 2019

Reading ndash at the heart

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 57: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

There is a wide variation in young childrenrsquos exposure to vocabulary

63

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 58: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

64

Vocabulary size relates to academic success

Such correlations between vocabulary size and life chances are as firm as any correlations in educational research

Simply put knowing more words makes you smarter

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 59: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

Challenges

5

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 60: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

LED events January 2020 Slide 66

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 61: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

EIF ndash early days

We have received some positive feedback from the early years sector about early inspections

lsquoThe learning walk made me feel part of the process and enabled me to tell the inspector about our playgroup I really like the new framework because it makes my staff think about what they are doingrsquo

lsquoCompared to previous inspections the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork as outlined in the frameworkrsquo

Slide 67LED events January 2020

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 62: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

EIF ndash early days

Inspectors report that the learning walk works well as an opportunity to have the lsquobig picturersquo discussion with providers about how they decide lsquowhatrsquo it is that their children need to learn and why (the initial curriculum discussion)

Inspectors tell us that feedback from providers has been really positive particularly the reduced emphasis on paperwork and data

The new report structure explains to parents what it is like to attend the early years setting

Slide 68LED events January 2020

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 63: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

Myth-busting continues

Slide 69

Vs

LED events January 2020

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 64: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

Early years foundation stage 22

lsquoAssessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children not require excessive paperwork Paperwork should be limited to that which is absolutely necessary to promote childrenrsquos successful learning and developmentrsquo

LED events January 2020 Slide 70

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 65: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

Over to you to discusshellip

LED events January 2020 Slide 71

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 66: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

Myth-busting continues

We have published a short film about what happens on an early years inspection

bitlyEYInspections

Slide 72LED events January 2020

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 67: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

Slide 73

Early years short films

Myth-busting guide

Blog on cultural capitalLED events January 2020

What happens on an early years inspection

Early Years What happens if someone complains about me

Early Years What do I need to tell you

What does cultural capital mean for early years

Inspecting early years providers ndash care before and after school

Other resources

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

wwwyoutubecomofstednews

wwwslidesharenetofstednews

wwwtwittercomofstednews

LED events January 2020 Slide 76

bull

bull

Page 68: PowerPoint Presentation - Foundation Yearsare 3 times more likely to have mental health problems in adulthood and twice as likely to be unemployed when they reach adulthood 81% of

Any questions

6

LED events January 2020 75

Thank you

Ofsted on the web and on social media

wwwgovukofsted

httpsreportsofstedgovuk

wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted

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