Group Based - OFSTED Briefing: The Early Years Inspection framework

🏫 OFSTED Briefing: The Early Years Inspection framework

📅 Date: 4th December 2025

🕓 Time: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM GMT
📍 Location: Online (link provided upon registration)

🎤 Event Overview

This essential online briefing is designed for Herefordshire group-based and school-based early years settings. It will explore the renewed Education Inspection Framework with a focus on Early Years Inspection's.

Led by James Norman, Senior Officer and Ofsted Early Years Regulatory Inspector for the West Midlands region, the session will unpack the new operating guidance, inspection toolkit, and what these changes mean for your setting’s practice, preparation, and inspection readiness.

🧠 What You’ll Learn

• Key updates to the Education Inspection Framework for early years
• How the new operating guidance and toolkit will be used in inspections
• Practical implications for group-based and school-based settings

👥 Who Should Attend

• Nursery and preschool managers
• EY leads in schools
• Nominated Individuals
• Governors
• Early Years Educators working in Schools or Group based settings.

❓ Interactive Q&A

The session will include time for questions and discussion, giving attendees the opportunity to engage directly with an experienced Ofsted inspector and clarify how the changes apply to their setting.