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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
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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
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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
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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
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bull
bull
bull
bull
bull
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bull
bull
bull
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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
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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
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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
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bull
bull
bull
bull
bull
bull
bull
bull
bull
bull
bull
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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
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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
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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
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
bull
bull
bull
bull
bull
bull
bull
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
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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
bull
bull
bull
bull
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
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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Discussion
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ofsted on the web and on social media
wwwgovukofsted
httpsreportsofstedgovuk
wwwlinkedincomcompanyofsted
wwwyoutubecomofstednews
wwwslidesharenetofstednews
wwwtwittercomofstednews
LED events January 2020 Slide 76
bull
bull
bull
bull